This is an analysis of the poem Christmas In Australia that begins with:

O DAY, the crown and crest of all the year!
Thou comest not to us amid the snows,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXXcdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101010101 1100010011 1111110101 1111010111 0111010101 0101110101 0101101110 1111100101 1101010111 0101010101 0111010101 1111011101 1101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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