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

Out in a world of death far to the northward lying,
Under the sun and the moon, under the dusk and the day;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae cfcf cgcg ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011001010 10011011001101 1001001101001110 11111101101 10010011001010 100101100101 11001011011110110 010011110101011 1111111001110 100101101011001 1001111111110 100101100101 1111101010010 1010011001011 010101101110110 101011100111 1110011011110 1011001111001 10101111010 100111100101 10101111110 10110111011001 10010110101010 11110111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, under, never, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words under, never are repeated.

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

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