This is an analysis of the poem Music On Christmas Morning that begins with:

Music I love -­ but never strain
Could kindle raptures so divine,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabcbcdd aeaeff agaghh iaiaaa ajajdd akakaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 110100101 11011101 11010101 11111101 01010101 110101001 110111101 01011101 11010111 01101101 01110101 010101001 11010101 11010111 010101001 010010001 11010111 110001101 110010111 11011101 01010101 11010101 01111111 00110101 100101010 00011111 010101010 11010101 110100101 01011101 01010101 110101001 01010101 11011101 11110101 110111010 1100101101 0100101110 11100011 11110111 01110101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; so, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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