This is an analysis of the poem The Seventh Day that begins with:

Forget not the day of the Sabbath,
Its mention is like a pleasant offering. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbaXXacXXXbXccXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010010 01001010100 100011101 11010101 01010101001 10001011011 010111001 01101101 11110100010 010011111111100 1101110100100 1011110010 11001001010011 10001101010 110001000010010 1001110110 01010010111 1100100100010 1111010011010 111111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 920
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Seventh Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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