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

I count each day a little life,
With birth and death complete;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cdcd dcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 011101 11000111 110111 01011101 010101 10111101 010101 11011101 111111 10110101 010011 11110101 101111 11110111 10101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 552
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Each Day A Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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