This is an analysis of the poem January 2 that begins with:

The old war is over the new one has begun
between drivers and pedestrians on a Friday...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXXbXdXXeecXXdXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010011110 0110101001011 0111001000110 0100100010100 1101010101001 01001001010010 100101010010 001110001011010 1110010101000 01011011111010 10001110100101 1100011101011 010110010011 10100111010010 111011101010 11010111110100 1110010000011101 10110100111 01010100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 956
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of January 2;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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