This is an analysis of the poem Bad Days that begins with:
When Passion week started and Jesus
Came down to the city, that day...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb cded fafa fghg Xghg ehdh ggXg Xdfd Xddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110110110 11001011 100111010 11101001 111111110 11111011 111010010 11101101 110110010 01011111 010010110 01001011 010010110 11011111 110010111 11111001 011010010 11001101 110011011 01011001 110110010 01001001 010010011 01011101 110010010 01001001 010010110 11001001 110010110 01101001 111111010 11001111 010010010 01001111 110010110 11001001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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