This is an analysis of the poem Seven Days Hath This Week that begins with:

Seven days hath this week.
With a weekend that comes leaping in......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXX bded efXaff gag cb eXheeXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,3,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101101 001111100 011111 10100101 01101111 1110001 01110111 01010110010 1110101 11101 11111 0101010 100111 0010101 11110101 111011001101010 010101011 11110110010 111111 011101001 11001010 101100 10101101 11111111 110011001010 1001010 110110 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Seven Days Hath This Week;
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  • history of its creation;
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