This is an analysis of the poem Happy As The Day Is Long that begins with:
I take the long walk up the staircase to my secret room.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbXaXcXdeXXcbXbXffXedbXfdXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101101101 01111101010111 11010010011001 0101010110111101 1111010110011 101000111010011 00010001111 101001001101 1010101001010 0110111110101010 11101011010 01011010110101 0011000101110 11010001001 010111010010110 011010100001000101 100101110011 110111110111000 110110010011001 111011101101 01011001000101 01001101010 01010110101010 010110101 0110111011010 0101100011010010 11011100000010100 1111100011001010 01110101010101110 01000111010010001 101011010011011001010 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1763
- Average number of words per stanza: 318
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i, of, be, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, of are repeated.
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- summary of Happy As The Day Is Long;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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