This is an analysis of the poem A New Year's Morning Song that begins with:

Thanksgiving and the voice of melody,
This new year's morning, call me from my sleep;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbbcbc dcdcceAe fffffgfg ececchch Aiciieie jcjacdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010100 0111011011 0111001111 1101010001 1101011101 0101110111 10011010101 1101010101 0101111101 1111110111 1101010101 0101110101 1111011110 0111010011 1101010100 11000100111 01011100101 1101010111 110010111 0101011101 0110011101 0101010101 1011001101 10001010101 1111011111 0011010100 01000011011 1111011111 11010011101 1001011111 0100011111 0011110111 1101010100 1011011101 1001000101 1011000101 1111011101 1001010101 1101010101 1101110101 1011111101 0101010111 0111101101 11011100100 1011011101 11110100101 11011100101 11001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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