This is an analysis of the poem The Day's Ration that begins with:

When I was born,
From all the seas of strength Fate filled a chalice,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcdXeeeabfghafhXXbceXgbeXdhaaaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111 01010111010 10001101010 1101111101 0111001111 1100010101 1100110011 1111010101 1101110110 0101010111 1110001001 1111011001 0111110001 1111010101 0011110101 11101100010 0100110111 11010010001 1001001 011101110010 111101010 0101011011 1101010101 1101011101 1001001101 1111001101 11110010101 10010111100 110101111 1100010101 0111111101 0101000101 1111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 245
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; or is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines chalice is repeated).

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  • summary of The Day's Ration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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