This is an analysis of the poem The Good, The Bad that begins with:

For each day of pouring rain,
Coming to exist......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXX cXcddb abdXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 10001 1010010010 101010001010 01010010010 10100101101 1111010111 1111 0010101001010011 101 10111010101 00101101100010 110100010111001 0101000100101100 00001 1111010 11001001001111001 100010010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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

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

  • summary of The Good, The Bad;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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