This is an analysis of the poem The Moment The New Year Arrives that begins with:

Another new year approaches.
With it understood, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXXcbaaadXXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011010 00101 011010 00101 110001 1010101 10101010 11010 00100110 1011010 110101 0111011 101 1011010 110001 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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