This is an analysis of the poem March 30 that begins with:

Eighty-one degrees a record high for the day
which is not my birthday but will do until...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabXbaXcXcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101010011101 10111110101 001001101111 1110111011 0011001001 101010001010 110111010 1111010100100 1110011011101 1100101011 0111010000101 0101110010100 0110001111 1110100101010 10101010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 680
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; her, and are repeated.

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  • summary of March 30;
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