This is an analysis of the poem Through The Long Days that begins with:

Through the long days and years
What will my loved one be, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbA AccA DeeDXadda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 101110 1001 101110 111111 100101 1011 111111 101101 110101 1111 101101 111101 101101 1101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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