This is an analysis of the poem The New World that begins with:

THE NIGHT that has no star lit up by God,
The day that round men shines who still are blind,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdedeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111111111 0111111111 0111111101 1111010101 1111010101 1101010111 1111010101 1110010111 110110101 1101000101 1111011100 1101111001 01111101011 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The New World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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