The Days by Edwin Muir: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Days that begins with:

Issuing from the Word
The seven days came, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXddaedaafcfegegffahaahiaiaa ejjeigidgddfdfjdfjdjkfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100001 01011 10011 011 10111 0111001 010100 11011111 1100110001 1011001100 110110101101 0101 100101 1111110101 0010101 10011001001110 010111 101001010 10011101011 1011010111 01011 10010101001 10110001001 0101 101101101001 1010010101 110101 011011110101 01101101111 011001011 010111010001 1111001 0101010011 111111 110101 1011010101 010110100011 0111010111 01011010 01011 0011101010 0101010010010 010010101001 01011001010 0101 11010100001 01010 1101111111 01001011111 01010 10100010101 000111110010 111100110101 0101110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1008
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, green, in are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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