This is an analysis of the poem Like No Other Day I Ever Knew that begins with:

Today I find I am missing you,
Like no other day I ever knew....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABBCa aadbcAAee AABBCaXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111101 111011101 111010101 10111 10101 1 0111111101 1101010101 11110111 1101111110 1 011111101 111011101 1101010100 111010100100 011111101 111011101 111010101 10111 10101 1 11010101 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word today at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Like No Other Day I Ever Knew;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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