This is an analysis of the poem To-Morrow! To-Morrow! that begins with:

How empty, dull, and useless is almost every day when it is spent! How few
the traces it leaves behind it! How meaningless, how foolish those...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xc Xa bX bX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100111001100111 0100101011001101101 1101110010 1100110011101111101 01101011101110010 11110101101010101011 1111 11111001001110111111 1 101001011001111010 10001 11100111111111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; it, how, he, not are repeated.

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  • summary of To-Morrow! To-Morrow!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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