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

Begin each morning with a talk to God,
And ask for your divine inheritance... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXbXbbbccbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111000101 1111010100 0100010101 0111111101 01111111000 1111110100 11111100101 0101011101 1101000011 011010010101 0101000111 1100010111 111000101 1100011111 1100010111 11010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 686
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, all 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 Begin The Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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