This is an analysis of the poem New that begins with:
We knew.
Anne to come. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBBAABBAAaBABaaBaBABaacDeDfDdgdddffdheiijccXjheedXfaXefckiIDkiDIelcXlhHcccHcfiXaCCddCCDcdDCgffflggXXXXlGhhG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 107,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101 101 01 011 101 101 01 011 101 101 101 111 111101101101110 11111 111 11 101 101 101 111 101011 100 11 10 11 11 11 111 111111 010001 1010001 111 101 1101 10101 11 11 10101 10101 110 1000101 100 01 10101010101010 1 1010010 10101001010 1010011000100001 0101010 1111 11 10 01010001000100101 1 10 11011 11 11 11 1110101011 11101011111 11 11 11011001001 10 00100110011011 01101100011011100001010100010111100111 1000 100 1000100 111110 1000100111110 111110 1000100 110011100110011 100 1010 100101000 11 100 1100 1 1 1100 1100 11 111100 1 11 100 111 10011 111101 1111 100 11 11 10 110 010 110 10 011 10 110 011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2054
- Average number of words per stanza: 416
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, to, and, anne, or, she, place, of, take, it, countenance, had, nearly, as, if, little, that, not, having, been, add, mean are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words anne, be, take, if, he, as are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines come, she, say, down, side, places, had, this, it, he, mean, far, forbore, instance are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases had, she, he connect the lines.
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