This is an analysis of the poem More Sonnets At Christmas Ii that begins with:

The day's at end and there's nowhere to go,
Draw to the fire, even this fire is dying;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabba XXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111111101 1001010010010 11110101010 01010010101 0101111111 1100010101 1111000111 010101010001 1101010100 1111111100 1011011011 0101010100 1101101101 0110110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; for is repeated.

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