This is an analysis of Poem For The New Year by Peter Rosegger.

A bit more of peace and a bit less debate,
a bit more of kindness and a bit less of hate,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbccXbbaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 01101101101 011010101101 01101101100 1100111111 11101101001 11101101101 11110011101 11011011101 11011011111 110010101011 01011001001 11111111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

of, bit, more, and, not, but

Anaphora

a, not, no