This is an analysis of the poem A New Heaven that begins with:

Seeing we never found gay fairyland
(Though still we crouched by bluebells moon by moon)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbba cXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011101 1111111111 110101111 1111111111 11010101000 1101010101 1111010011 1011011111 11110010101 11111110110 1001011111 01110111010 1111011100 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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  • summary of A New Heaven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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