This is an analysis of the poem Winter that begins with:
When icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaABCC bXbXaABCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101 11010101 11110001 11110101 11011101 11010101 11 11110101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11110001 110011111 11011001 11010101 11 11110101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, tu are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, tu are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word pot at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Winter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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