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

The day was here when it was his to know
How fared the barriers he had built between ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabba cdceed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0111101001 11010011101 0101010001 1001011101 1010110001 01000100101 1101011110 1110010101 1100110111 1110110101 0001101111 1111110101 1011010100 11001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; his, and, to are repeated.

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

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