This is an analysis of the poem On New Year's Day that begins with:
Out from the workshops, high and broad,
Bright as a jewel ? as smooth as rhyme ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab ab cd c d e fe f gh gh dh d h f afX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,1,1,1,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10011111 110101111 100100101 110110101 110101101 111101111 1110100101 1110100101 110010101 010110101 110110111 110110101 110100111 011011101 0101100111 110011111 101100111 110110101 010101001 110010111 111100101 010110101 1101111110 11111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; as, she, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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