This is an analysis of the poem The Day Came Slow that begins with:
The day came slow, till five o'clock,
Then sprang before the hills,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb cXcX abdb Xede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 110101 11010101 010101 01011101 011101 11011101 0101100 01011101 010101 01010111 010101 01010101 110101 01000101 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Day Came Slow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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