This is an analysis of the poem God Made This Day For Me that begins with:

Jes' the sort o' weather and jes' the sort of sky
Which seem to suit my fancy, with the white clouds driftin' by...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddaa eeffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101110110101 11011100011101 101111101111100 011011101010001 1011111010101001 111011101110111 001111101110101 101000101010111 101111101111101 01010101010101 111010100011001 11111101011111 011111111010101 101011101111111 101010111010101 101010101111011 101110101010100 101000101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', my, i are repeated.

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

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

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