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

Queen of the waves of ocean,
Sister to stars and dew,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdc ececafDf XegeXfDf ghXhafDf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 100111 11001110 01001011 10011110 101101 10011010 111101 1010010 101001 01001111 0101101 01111011 0101001 10011010 101101 1111110010 01011001 101010010 110101 110010010 1101111 10011010 100101 1110110110 1100101 1001010 10101101 01111110 10101111 10011010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words after, the are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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