This is an analysis of the poem A Day Like Any Other that begins with:

Such insignificance: a glance
at your record on the doctor's desk...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccXddXebXaeddaXdeXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 110110101 10101111 11111011 11110011 01010111 1001111011 01100101 1001010110 010010011 1111011 11111110 1101001 101101001 11101001 010011101 110100111 1100110101 0110010 011111 01010001 01110101 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 801
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Day Like Any Other;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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