This is an analysis of the poem Change Should Breed Change that begins with:

NEW doth the sun appear,
   The mountains' snows decay, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101 110101 10110110101 111101 111011 1101111 1011010011 1111001 10110110111 1111010111 11010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Change Should Breed Change;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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