This is an analysis of the poem A New Year’s Gift For Bec that begins with:

Returning Janus now prepares,
For Bec, a new supply of cares,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXXXccccddaaeeffgXgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 10010101 11010111 101101110 010101010 010101010 1100010010 010111001 010101001 01010101 10010101 100101011 010101011 10010101 01110111 11010101 01111101 10010111 01010101 010111010 1001001010 1101111100 111101010 11110101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 937
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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