This is an analysis of the poem If that begins with:

If he would come to-day, to-day, to-day,
O, what a day to-day would be!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fgfg fbfb chch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010101 11010110 111011011001 010101 1101101010 0110011 1111111110 1111011 1101011010 01010111 111010111010 11111111 00101001111 1111101 1111011011 1100111 1111111111 111110 01111110111 1111110 11111001010 1101111 01101111010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; day, to, flying, i are repeated.

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  • summary of If;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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