This is an analysis of the poem A Psalm For New Year’s Eve that begins with:
A FRIEND stands at the door;
In either tight-closed hand ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcc dededff XbXbXXX dcdcdgg hbhbhee bibibgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011101 010111 1011110111 10010101001 1011010 1111001101 0100110101 101111 011101 1001001111 1101111101 110101 1011010011 101110111 111111 010101 1111110111 1101110111 110111 11111110010 1101110111 111111 010011 1101110101 1111011001 101111 1011011101 0101011101 101101 101101 1101011101 1101011111 111101 1000010001 1101010101 111101 110111 1101110101 1111011001 111001 1011010011 1111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; it, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word love is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.
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