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

The old days, the old days, how oft the poets sing,
The days of hope at dewy morn, the days of early spring,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeebbccaabbeebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011011110101 010111010101001 0111001111100111 1100101011100111 01110101100111 01110111011101 1111011011101 0101110011101 011011010111 01011100010101 11010111100111 10010101010101 011011111111 11010111011101 111110110101001 01100101111111 011011001101 01100101010111 0111110111101 01001101011101 11010101110101 01010101000101 11110101111101 11010101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 283
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; days, every, and, i, selfsame, us, new, with, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The New Days;
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  • history of its creation;
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