This is an analysis of the poem Still Another Day: I that begins with:

Today is that day, the day that carried
a desperate light that since has died....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXc aXdeabaaf cXeXfdXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101110 010011111 110101 1101011 10111 1110 010110000101 110101001101 1001000100101 00101010 101010111 0110101001 010101111 01011101 0111110 111101010 1111011010100 1010101010 110010101 011111011001 1100111011 1101110110 1111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; that, to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word today at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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