This is an analysis of the poem A New Year's Time At Willards's that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa bXcb ddaaaaeeccccXfgfghehXhhhedXdidihXjcjeceiXcgeedgjdXXjdhdhfeefkkcccffXhhdd kheXhe Xa ghaahgXgkkXfhhlflXiiX hhhhhheehccXXmcXneeXegeggdXdXoeoecXXccdfkXkkhhfddfhcXhcpeXepepXhXhX mdgdmgdnmX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,72,6,2,21,67,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01011 11110101 11010101 11100101 110111011 11110111 10000111 01111111 01010101 11100011 11011111 11011111 10011111 11010101 00111111 10110100 11010101 11001100 11011111 11010111 11111111 11010111 1010111 1101101 11001101 11010000 110110101 11110101 11011111 11100111 01111101 11110100 11010101 11111111 11111111 10010101 1101001 11111100 11000111 01010101 11010111 11101101 11110101 11011101 11011101 011111011 01110011 11010101 11110111 11011111 11110101 11011111 11010111 11110101 110111010 11111101 110011101 11011101 1001101 11010111 010111001 11110101 11100111 11011101 11110111 01100101 11110011 11000111 110101001 0101011 01111111 01100101 110111110 011101000 01001111 11110110 11011111 100101001 00110101 11110101 11101111 11011101 11110101 1 0111 10011101 01111101 01111101 11010111 01101111 11111101 11111111 11110111 11110111 01110101 11111101 11111111 11010101 11010001 01010101 111010101 01010111 11011111 11110101 11110101 11111101 11111101 11001101 11011101 11011111 11111111 11111110 11011111 11110111 11111111 11111101 01110101 01000101 1111101 1111011 11111101 11111110 11011010 11111111 01010111 11001111 11010111 11111111 110011111 01010101 1111111 11111101 11110111 01001111 11110101 01111101 01110101 11000101 11110111 11110101 01010100 11110111 01010101 101001101 11110111 11011101 10010101 110111111 11011111 11111111 01110111 11111111 111101111 111111011 01111111 10010011 11011101 11011101 101011100 111101011 10111101 011111111 11011101 11110101 11111101 1101011 11011111 11010111 11011001 01010101 110111111 01111111 10110101 11011101 11011101 01110111 010001101 11111101 11011111 11110101 11110100 01011011 11000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 814
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 184
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; an', her, as, you, i, 'em, rap are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', 'take, the, as, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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