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

On a day like this, in a hidden corner
of a church, in full feminine magnificence, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXaXdcXbXebfXXXfeXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001010 001011001000 001110101 1101010 1111010100 1010 0101010 1011001010 0100100001001 10101111010 1101011111 01111111 1001011 1010100010 111110100 10100 11111101 11010101 1011000101 0010 1010101011110 101100101010 11010010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 830
  • Average number of words per stanza: 157
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, for are repeated.

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