This is an analysis of the poem The Splendor Of The Days that begins with:
Sweet and shrill the crickets hiding in the grasses brown and lean
Pipe their gladness-sweeter, shriller-one would think the world was green.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccc ddXeffXXeeeeccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111010100010111 111010101110111 101010111010101 101010100011001 1010101 1010001 101000010001111 101111100011001 011011101010111 1110101110011101 101010101111101 1110111 1110101 011110100111001 1010001010100111 101000101011101 101110101010101 101010100011101 1010101 1010001 101000010001111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ', of, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mark, all, o are repeated.
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- summary of The Splendor Of The Days;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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