This is an analysis of the poem If Winter Come that begins with:
Disdainful Earth!
Hooded in clouds and snowdrifts–...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcXXXXXXb XdcXXXcdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 1001110 111 110110010 1101110111 11010111010110 11010 11111 0101001 11010 11001101101 1111110 0101001 0010110 01011 010011010 01001001 011111 110010 010110 01001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words just, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If Winter Come;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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