This is an analysis of the poem The Christian’s New Year Prayer that begins with:

Thou Christ of mine, Thy gracious ear low bending
Through these glad New Year days, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgege bgbgcgcghdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101110 111111 010101010010 111111 11011111110 110011 1101110010110 110101 1011101011 010101 01111101011 100101 0010111010 110101 11110111010 110011 01111111010 010111 11010100010 010101 11110110110 101101 11010101010 011111 11011111010 011011 11011111010 000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; or, me, it are repeated.

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  • summary of The Christian’s New Year Prayer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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