This is an analysis of the poem These Are Not Those Days that begins with:

Those beginning any relationship,
With the ease of making excuses......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaXbXaccab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100101 001010010 00100010110 111110101 11000101001 10101010 01 101110101 11110110100 10110101 001111000101 11111 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 These Are Not Those Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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