This is an analysis of the poem The Charm Of 5:30 that begins with:

It's too nice a day to read a novel set in England.
We're within inches of the perfect distance from the sun,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXcaX deebe feXg heec gci e bgj ieb hk hlek mlifb ce j mlgd Xa mfm X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,4,4,3,1,3,3,2,4,5,2,1,4,2,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010101010 10110000110001 01011011 101011110010 100110011 1011111001110 00100101111 100110101 10001011 1101000100101 011101000101 101101111110010 11001011111111 10011010001000 110100011011 0101010011010 11101001001 11101011001000101 111001110 01011011011111110 1001111010100 11011110101 11101001 1101010111010110 01010111011001001 1000001100100111101001 001011011001010101 0011010010101011 101111001 10100101100100100 111001001101 1011010101111010 101110110110001110 101001111000101010101 011 1111110111001001000 10110101100 1111101001100101 100001001101111110 010111001100 001001010010011001010 11 0111110 11001011010001111 0010011100011110 110010111111110 0111101101 110100111111 00101100011111 101111101111 11110100110101011 11100111 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, i'll, in, how, i, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Charm Of 5:30;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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