This is an analysis of the poem New Year that begins with:
I saw on the hills of the morning,
The form of the New Year arise,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXb XaXaXa bcbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010010 01001101 111011010 01001101 101011001001 11001001 110110100 11001101 111010010 11101011 001101111001 101101111 111110110 11111111 111110110 11001011 11111111001 101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, to, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word 'i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of New Year;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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