This is an analysis of the poem The New Year that begins with:
THE wave is breaking on the shore,
The echo fading from the chime;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcacadedeffffgfgfbhbhieiejcjchhhhekekieieflflmhmhjfjfififiXihfdfdclcllflffefeelelnininbnbaaaaececeleXlflfboboeieifnfnbdbdhehedidiieielflfpkpkhihimkmkfafa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 156,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01010001 010111010 010101 11110101 01011111 01010111 111011 11011101 01000111 01010111 110011 10110110 01011101 01110111 010101 0100101110 11010101 1101110010 110101 11011111 111100111 11000101 110001 110111001 11110101 01000101 110111 11000101 11011101 010001001 100101 11011101 01110101 01000111 110001 01011101 01010101 11010101 010111 110111010 11110101 110111010 110101 01000101 110001001 11001111 010101 11110101 110100101 110010101 011111 11110101 01011111 11010101 010111 110101011 100100111 11010101 11001 111000111 110011100 01010101 0111001 11010101 010101001 11011011 1000101 11010101 01010101 011100101 010101 11110101 010101010 11110101 0101010 10110101 100100101 11111101 110001 11010111 10010111 11010101 010100 11011101 01010101 11011101 1001101 11010001 01000111 01010001 010001 01010101 010101001 11010111 010101 10011101 110000101 011100101 010101 11111101 010101101 0101101 1001000 11111101 010101010 11011101 0101010 10010001 01010101 010011101 110101 10110111 10110101 11010101 100101 11010101 110010111 11110101 1111001 110010001 01010111 11011111 111101 11110101 01010101 110101001 110101 101010101 010010101 11010101 101111 01010101 010001001 101110111 010101 11010111 010010111 11010011 1101110 11010101 01111111 11010101 010101 10111101 01010101 110101001 0101001 11111101 11011101 010010101 0111101 10010111 01011111 11010111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5288
- Average number of words per stanza: 933
- Amount of lines: 156
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, his, each are repeated.
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- summary of The New Year;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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