This is an analysis of the poem The New Cry that begins with:

Ere cherries ripe, and strawberries be gone;
Unto the cries of London I'll add one;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddddXeXXffccbbeeccbbddbbgghhaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111001 1001010111 1101110101 1111011101 1111110101 1111111111 11111101110 110101001010 1111011101 1101011101 0101010011 11111101001 1101110100 1101011111 1100110100 10100110100 1101111101 1111011011 1011010111 1101010101 1101011101 1101010111 1101111101 1111110101 1111010101 01010101001 0101001101 0101010101 0111110111 001111001 0101100111 1001011011 1100111111 1101111101 1101010101 1111010001 0100111111 1011111101 1011011011 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1783
  • Average number of words per stanza: 329
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; ripe, their, and, to, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, or, to are repeated.

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

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