This is an analysis of the poem The New `our Times' (For Mix Fénéon) that begins with:

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At 3 p.m. yesterday, a Mr Adolphus Edwards, a Jamaican immigrant, was pecked to death by a large Bronze Eagle in Upper Parliament St. A U.S....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X a X X X a X bb X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1111101010010100010100110011011100101001011110110111100110010 1 1000011011100101011101011010110000011100 1 1010110110100011111011 1 01010101010111110101101001100011000110101000100010100 1 1100100001010101011010100110110111010001 1 01000100111101001101101010 0111011001111 1 10111101011011010010111011110100111100011110101111011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 79 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The New `our Times' (For Mix Fénéon);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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