This is an analysis of the poem As Good As New that begins with:
OH, this is a song of the old lights, that came to my heart like a hymn;
And this is a song for the old lights—the lights that we thought grew dim,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb bbbb ddbb eebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001001111011101 1000110110111111 11011010111100101 11001000111111011 10001101101110111 10001101101011101 10111001111101111 100011001110111011 1000110111111101 10001101110101111 1000110110111101 10001001111111011 10001101110111101 10001101110111101 10001101010101101 10001101011111011 1000110110110111 01101101010111101 1000110110110111 1011110010111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 16
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, and, old, lights, song, for, this, where, we, love, heart, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, oh are repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word new at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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