This is an analysis of the poem New Year's Dawn - Broadway that begins with:

When the horns wear thin
And the noise, like a garment outworn, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbccdccaXccXcXdacXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 101101010 1001 01011001 11101 10101011 101 101 0110101 1010101 1001001 01001001 11111 01001001 01111011 1001001 1111111 1100111 110010 11010010 11011 011101 101100 101110010 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 731
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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