This is an analysis of the poem Today that begins with:
If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100011101110010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 1
- Average number of symbols per line: 85 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 16
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Today;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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