This is an analysis of the poem Ego that begins with:

Day passeth day in sunshine or shadow,
Night unto night each cycle is told; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XcXc XbXX cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011111 110111001 1111010110 1101001001 1001010010 100100001 1001010010 1001001001 1001100010 1011011001 10011010010 1010101011 10010101 100101101 1001110110 100100101010 1011100010 100101101 1011100110 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Ego;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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