This is an analysis of the poem No Day Comes Too Soon that begins with:

No day comes too soon,
To remember those who love you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaccXABbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 00101111 100011010 00101 11001111 11111 00101111 1111111 001011 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of No Day Comes Too Soon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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