This is an analysis of the poem Unto The Day that begins with:
Shall we count the reeds at our feet,
Or the fluttering, falling leaves? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbababa ccdd ccceeaaafaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 10100101 1100101 001001 1001010 1010101 010101 0101 0110111 100101 111 0101100 0110101 001001 1110111 111111 01001 0100101 110001 110011 111101 010111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, with are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase this connects the lines.
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