This is an analysis of the poem A Day In The Open that begins with:
Ho, a day
Whereon we may up and away,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbccbdddee AAfggfbbbee AAhffhgggXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101 10111101 001001101101 111001001111 101101 101001111 011011 0010100101 101011011111001 101101111 101011101101101 101 10111101 101011001011 10100101011 111011 1001111011 1010010 0110010010 1010110011011010 111101001 001001011001011 101 10111101 001101001011 011110101001 001101 01001001 111111 011001011 111011001101001 111010110 001011001001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The author used the same word ho at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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