This is an analysis of the poem Mexico that begins with:
O strange new world that was the old!
O strange old world that was the young! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbaaXA defefaga Xfagcafa beXecdad cfhfXahA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11111101 110011010 01110111 11110101 010010101 110010111 11111111 10110101 011100101 11010101 11010111 11011100 10110101 11010100 11000111 10110101 11011111 110001001 10010100 11111111 11110101 01110111 11010010 11010101 10010011 11111110 11010101 11010101 010010101 01111101 10000011 11010011 11111101 01110111 01010101 11011001 01110101 11010001 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; strange, new, that, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, and, the are repeated.
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- summary of Mexico;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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