This is an analysis of the poem The Fourth Day that begins with:
As when the tideless, barren waters lay
About the borders of the early earth;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaa bbacd Xcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010010101 0101000101 1101011101 0101000101 1111001101 1101110111 1101110001 1111010011 10111111111 111011101010 1101001101 10010100010 1011101101 01010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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 is repeated.
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- summary of The Fourth Day;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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