This is an analysis of the poem Birthdays that begins with:

Let us have birthdays every day,
(I had the thought while I was shaving)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedeacac afafgbgb hbhbgagX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 110111110 01011101 110110010 11111101 110101110 111110001 011101010 11111111 111101110 00110101 111111010 10010101 010101110 11010111 010001110 11011111 110100110 01001101 101111010 11010111 111100110 11100001 111101010 11110101 010100010 110101001 110101010 11011101 110101011 11011101 11011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, or are repeated.

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  • summary of Birthdays;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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