This is an analysis of the poem New Year's Eve that begins with:
It's cruel cold on the water-front, silent and dark and drear;
Only the black tide weltering, only the hissing snow;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba bcbc dXdX ecec efef cgcg gaga hihi fafa bjhbj acaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010110101101111 10011100100101 11011011110100111 100100101101111 110010100110101101 1101101011100101 11110110111011001 0111101010011100 11111111111110101 1001111011110110 0100101110100111 1110110100011010 1001001001110101 0100100100111011110 1110001011110101 01010111111010010 101110111111111 0111101001011101 0101001111101101 111001010111101101 11001011011101101 11110011101111001 10101111011100111 111001001011101001 10101001011011111 11101011011110101 1011011100000001101 10101001101111101 1101011110010101 1101011011011101 1101011010100101 011111110100100100 111111111100101 011101011010001 1100101011111111 111111001011111101 11111101111101 1101101111110101 0010110111 1101111 011110101101111 101110101111111 11111100111101 10100111010111 11110101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they'll, me, i, her, to, she, with, that, remember, you, have, can are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, don't are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of New Year's Eve;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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