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

What Nature, alas! has denied
To the delicate growth of our isle,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dXdXefef agaghehe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 001001011 11001001 11001001 11011011 001001101 10101010001 101111011 1010011001 11001001 01001101 001001001 11101001 11111111 101011011 101001001 11111001 01001101 11011111 11001001 01001101 11001001 101001011 01001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, of are repeated.

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  • summary of The Winter Nosegay;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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