This is an analysis of the poem The Children Of Stare that begins with:

Winter is fallen early
On the house of Stare; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdb Xefffe fcggXc dddced XXffha ehiiXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 10101 10010101 100101 1101010 010001 1001010 011101 101011101 100101 0001010 0010101 1101110 010101 11010101 111111 1101110 110100 1111010 111101 11010101 100111 1101010 0010001 010101 111101 11110101 100101 01011010 111100 1100110 111101 1111001010 1001010 1001010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Children Of Stare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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