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

One spoke: "Come, let us gaily go
With laughter, love and lust,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacA dbdbdadX XeXefafA cfcffafA agagbabA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 010111 10010011 1101001 11111101 110101 10101100 010001 11111101 110011 11010101 011111 01111111 110101 00010101 0100010 1110111010 011101 01000101 111101 01110101 110101 00101101 010001 1001011101 010111 01011101 010101 01011101 0100001 11011111 010001 11111111 011100 11111111 110111 11010101 110101 11011111 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word now at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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