This is an analysis of the poem Another Day Of Rest, And I Sit Here that begins with:

Another day of rest, and I sit here
Among the trees, green mounds, and leaves as sere... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101011111 0101111111 1111011101 1110110001 111101011 1111010101 00110101010 01010101010 0101010111 1101111101 1111010101 0111010111 1101010101 111101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

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