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

To the People of the United States
Now is the time of the splendour of Youth and Death.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcdbefXe ghghgghXXX ffififeffe geegeejiij hieXahbddb ifjfijijjiXdahahdedde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010000101 100100100111 01001110111 001001001001001 1100101 01010011101 11110100101 0111010101 001011100101 0010001011110 1111011111 10010011101 11010101101 10011111011 100111 11011111101 001001011111 111101001001 1101110110 0111010110 10011110110 1001001111001 1001101101 0101010101 110111 100101100101 1110001101 010010110101 11000011101 10101101111 11010100101 11011101001 1010101001001 0101011101 1010101 11011000111 10010100001 1101110111 0010010110101 1101110111 1001011110 1111011011 01111110001 1111001101001 10101101 00101110101 11111101101 001010010101 111101010010 01000101110 10011111101 1001110111 10101010011 10111010101 00100101 10010010101 11011010101 0010010101001 01001011111 10110101111 11110100101 11110011101 010010100111 01111111001 110111 1101010001 1001010111 101011101100 1111010111 10010111001 10011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, you, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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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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