This is an analysis of the poem No Songs In Winter that begins with:

The sky is gray as gray may be,
There is no bird upon the bough, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011110 10110101 10111111 00010101 11110001 10010101 111010011 11110111 01010101 110101101 01110101 11111111 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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