This is an analysis of the poem One Day that begins with:

I will tell you when they met:
In the limpid days of Spring;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacaabc dedefeff ceXeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 00101001 1010101 1011101 111110100 0010101 11011101 110100 10111110 11010101 11101010 01010111 11100101 1011101 10001101 111101 11111101 01111101 01110101 10111101 01010111 11010101 10110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word only is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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