This is an analysis of the poem Fine that begins with:
Isn't it fine when the day is done,
And the petty battles are lost or won,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddcccc bbeecc ffaacc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 000110101 1010101111 1010110101 010101101 0111001101 1111101101 000110111 111100101 1110111101 1101100111 0101000101 1111100101 000110011 1100110111 1010100111 101101111 100111101 1111011001 110010111 100101111 101111011 0110110101 1110101111 00101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, to, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, whether are repeated.
The author used the same word isn't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word play at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Fine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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