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

At 10 p. m.
COME, let us make merry with innocent mirth, ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdedefefe agcgchXhidede agcXcihihXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11111001001 1110011010 111101001111 110010110 11011101001 011110010 01101101011 1011010010 101001111111 1010110110 101001011011 010011010 1111 11101111001 1110110010 11101001001 1010110010 11011101001 1011110110 11111011111 111110010 11011111001 1110111010 101101011101 1111011010 111 101011111001 1111111010 11101101001 1111111110 11111011111 1111111110 11011011111 111111010 101011111111 1110110110 1101111111 1110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 539
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; us, let, we, and, may, you, yesh, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, and, may, do are repeated.

    The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word jolly at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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