This is an analysis of the poem Winter Song that begins with:

The browns, the olives, and the yellows died,
And were swept up to heaven; where they glowed... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaa XbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010101 1011010111 1111011100 1101111011 1111011111 01110001010 01110101110 11110100010 11010111110 11111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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