This is an analysis of the poem Dearest, This One Day We Own that begins with:
DEAREST, this one day we own,
Stolen from the crowd and press,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXab bcXbc Xccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1001111 1000111 1001100 1110101 10101 1110101 1110001 10100100 1110111 10111 1100101 1110111 1010101 1110101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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