This is an analysis of the poem A Day Of Sunshine that begins with:

It was such a lovely sunshine-day,
The house and the yard couldn't hold me;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAaabb Xc AAaacc de AAaaee db AAaaXX fg AAaaaaXfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,6,2,6,2,6,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011010111 011011011 11000111111 01001011 11011111 011110111 101111001001 1001101110111 011010111 011011011 0111111111 11111011 111100101 0100111011 1011101111000110 1111010 011010111 011011011 1100111111 11001011 111011111 0110110111 101110101110110 1110100 011010111 011011011 1110111101 11001011 111111111 11011100101100 10001101110011 10010110101011 011010111 011011011 1100100101 11011011 010111111 011010111011 11111111010 010110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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  • summary of A Day Of Sunshine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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