This is an analysis of the poem Nineteen Nine that begins with:

There's a light out there in the nearer east
In the dawn of Nineteen Nine;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabaCAXdadbabaCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100101 0010111 10011100101 1011101 1001111101 10011111 1001110111 1010111 11 010111 1011011111 0010111 1010110101 1011111 011011101 1111101 101111101 1010111 11 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 659
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, here, same, old, s, sea, my are repeated.

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

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

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