This is an analysis of the poem In Memoriam A. H. H.: 78. Again At Christmas Did We Weave that begins with:
Again at Christmas did we weave
The holly round the Christmas hearth;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cccc deed effe ghhg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110011 01010101 01010101 11011101 01110101 11010101 11011101 01010101 10010101 01110111 01010101 11111101 11010001 11011101 11011101 11110101 11010111 11010101 01010101 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; christmas, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, o are repeated.
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