This is an analysis of the poem Days Of 1908 that begins with:

That was the year when he stayed
Without work, for a living played...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bcbdd XcaeXbX cXc Xaa baa cdeXeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,7,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111 01110101 111101111101 111001101 10011010111 01110111 1010011010 111011001010 1111011111 01111011011 10101001001 111110111010 11100111111 110101010011 01101111010 0111101001 11010110111 1110110100101 01000011100 11110111101 0101001100011 11010111011101 010011100101 0100011001100011 010011011 111111111 00101010101 101110100100010 1001101011 0101010 00101001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; it, as, he, and, of are repeated.

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

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

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