This is an analysis of the poem When Day Is Done that begins with:

If the day is done,
if birds sing no more, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXX XbabXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101 01111 0011110 11010101011 101111010010001 1100101000101011 00100 11001001001010010 110011110 110010 0111100 1010110101001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; if, of, and are repeated.

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

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