This is an analysis of the poem The Magyar's New-Year-Eve that begins with:

By Temèsvar I hear the clarions call:
The year dies. Let it die. It lived in vain.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghghee Xfbfdd fificc ididii jXXdbb dddddd ededdd Xjbjbii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110101 0111010101 1101010101 01010101001 01010001001 110001010101 1111110101 0111011101 1011010101 1101010001 1111111111 01110101011 1001010101 1101010101 1011010001 1101010111 1101010101 110101010101 110110101110 0101110111 1100010111 0011010001 0111010111 110101110101 1111110111 1011011111 1111010111 10110000101 01110100101 110101101111 1111110111 1101010101 1101110101 0101001101 1101110011 111101110101 1111010101 10001110101 11101101010 0100111111 1111000101 0100010111 1111111101 0101110101 1011010101 1011001101 1011010001 110101010011 1111010101 1101110101 0101000101 0101010111 0101010111 011101011101 1100111111 0101011101 0101011101 0101111101 0101110001 011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, ye, to, than are repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
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