This is an analysis of the poem New Year On Dartmoor that begins with:

This is newness : every little tawdry
Obstacle glass-wrapped and peculiar,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbaaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101001010 100111010 10110001011101 111010010100 01110101001 11101010111 110111001111 11101011111 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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