This is an analysis of the poem Snow that begins with:

It is a long way, a long way away in the land where all the Fairy Tales happen.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X a X b X Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000110110100111010110 11011000101011010011001101101111010110101101011001011101011101110101001111001001111111100111001100110110011111111100110011010010010 011111110101110011111001010111011101010101001010111010011111011011000101 001111000101010110101001 0111001010110110010010110110110101010111010110111111101011110101010101111010111110110111100101001001010100011000001001101010111 110011010111111011110110011111111101101101110101110101110101001010101011101011011010101101100011011110100110011011100101110110100010110101010101 101110111110110111110100101101111101011101111101101111111111010101000100101101111101000100101 100110100101010011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 176 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 33
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, on, long, way, his, like, as, he, of, with, one, it are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Snow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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