This is an analysis of the poem Golden Days that begins with:

Another day of toil and strife,
Another page so white,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ceceXfff fdfXdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 010111 01110101 111111 01010101 010111 11111101 010101 11111101 010011 11011111 110101 110101010 111001 01101111 110111 10111111 111100 11110111 010100 11110111 110101 011111001 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words another, how, what are repeated.

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

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