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

I hate to leave you.
Like the ones I've done before....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdecaaa XXcefccgc dfXbbcgXee Xhhhff XffceefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,10,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1011101 010011101 01011111 0111011010 11 110011101 1101001 101101011 01011011 110 11010100 1001010101 111100011101 01001101 1101 1100001 111110 1010101 1101000010110 1010111 101001 00101011 1101 1000101 01 110010011 101101 11101 10 1110 01010 1010 10111 11011 111001 0101001111 111100100101 1101 0011110111 1110011001 11011 10001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ready is repeated).

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

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