This is an analysis of the poem In These Days . . . that begins with:

In these days, every mother's son or daughter
Writes verse, which no one reads except the writer,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbaXXXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011100101110 11111101010 111000101010 11110111110 100100101010 100010101010 11010111010 11011001110 11110101110 11111101010 11010001010 11010001110 0101011111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 657
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; of is repeated.

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