This is an analysis of the poem The Everlasting Monday that begins with:

Thou shalt have an everlasting
Monday and stand in the moon....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bbccXX ddaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111010 1111001 0111001 110010 01011111 01111 01110001010 11100101010 1100111 111111 01011101 11101 11010110011 100101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Everlasting Monday;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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