This is an analysis of the poem New Year's Eve that begins with:

The strong in spiritual action need not look
Upon the new-found year as on a scroll,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXbbacdeced
  • 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: 010100010111 0101111101 0111110010 1001101101 1111010110 1100010101 01010110001 1101110101 1111010111 10010011001 11110100111 00110111001 01110010111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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