This is an analysis of the poem "Teach Us To Number Our Days&Quot; that begins with:
In the old neighborhood, each funeral parlor
is more elaborate than the last....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdb dXXaXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001101110010 010101101 010101101011 11010001110 111001001 011111101 1110100101 1110011 0110011 110100110 0101011001 101101011 010001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and is repeated.
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