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

Blue, blue is the sea to-day,
Warmly the light ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fgfg ahah hihi ajaj XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 1001 111111 11001 110101 1011 110111 1001 100111 1001 110011 1111 10011 10010 110101 11010 010101 0111 1101101 1101 1101110 0101 1111010 0111 111111 10101 111101 10011 111101 1111 1000111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; blue is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A December Day;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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