This is an analysis of the poem The Perfect Day that begins with:

GOD made a day of blue and gold,
Sweet as a violet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBXcXcdedeXfXfdXdXcbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110100 11010101 010101 01111101 0101001 11110100 0101101 110101101 011111 11010100 100101 11011100 010011 11001101 111101 01111110 100101 01110101 010100 01110101 010101 00110001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 689
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

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  • summary of The Perfect Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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