This is an analysis of the poem A Day In Bed that begins with:

I wish I had not got a cold,
The wind is big and wild,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc aaaa adad eeee fafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 010111 11111101 110101 11010101 110101 11110111 110101 11110111 110101 11111111 011101 01011111 110101 11111101 010001 01011101 111111 11010101 110101 11110101 111101 01110101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he's, and are repeated.

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  • summary of A Day In Bed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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