This is an analysis of the poem How Heavy The Days that begins with:

How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXaXcb c Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 110101111 1010101 1011 10111100 11000101 11100001 1110111 111 010111 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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