This is an analysis of the poem Day Is Dying that begins with:
Day is dying! Float, o song,
Down the westward river,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xaca Xada baXa dbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 101010 10010001 101010 1110111 101010 1010101 111010 1011101 101010 1010101 111010 11101010 011010 1111101 101010 1010111 101010 1010100 001010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; day is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase day connects the lines.
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