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

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Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd X efefdgdg X hdhdijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 1110111101 10101 0111010000 0101 0100010111 1101110111 1101011101 1101000111 1 01010111110 0101 01010111010 0111 01001011101 101110101110 1001000101 01010101110 1 0101111100 1100 0100010111 1101 0101110101 111101010110 0101110111 00111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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