This is an analysis of the poem The Snowman On The Moor that begins with:

Stalemated their armies stood, with tottering banners:
She flung from a room...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX bcb cdc dcd cXc aea efe fef ece XXc XXX gcg cac aXa Xha hihXihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010010 11001 110010011100 101011 10010110111011 1011 1111001100 1011 010010101001 1001 1101011111 00011 011100111001 1001 11010010101 0111 111111011111 1001 11101110100 1001 111010101011 00111 1111100110101 1101 01110101110 1001 010110101110 0111 101010101010 0111 101000101100 1111 1001011101 1111 10110010111 11001 11100011101 11101 1000111011 1111 0101111100 0111 11111001101 10001 0010010110010010 01011 11110111010010 1001 101110 01110100101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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  • summary of The Snowman On The Moor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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