This is an analysis of the poem New-Year's Eve that begins with:

Good old days--dear old days
When my heart beat high and bold--... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdcXefegbhb hfff XdcdgbXbhgfgfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011111 1111111 101011101 10100101 110111101 11011011 1100101101 1110110 1010101111 1100101 1111110101 11001001 111100100 0011101 1110100111 1101101 1010101101 1100101 111111101 010101 1011110111 0010101 10100101111 1110111 100101111 1111101 11100110110 100111 1110010101 1100101 11111101 100100 11111101 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of is repeated.

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

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