This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Eve that begins with:
Oh sharp diamond, my mother!
I could not count the cost ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdebf gfggbebbhibh edeajXdkdkkhk cllbXjbigaea efdXbXhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,13,12,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110 111101 0111011 101111 11111 1101010 1101011 101001 1111101 100101 01010100010 01110 1101111 011110 0111101 011101101 110101101 1110001001 11010110 111011 1010010 1001101 1111001010 10110 10011011010 01100 1001010110 110011 11011 1001111101 101111011 1010011011 1000100101 110111011 011101 11011 011101011 1110100 10101011111 1111101100 111101111101101 11010111 1111101111110 1110110 111010 11110 1010011 1111001101 01110111 111111 111101 11110110 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; each, one, your, you, i, mary, and, then are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, each, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mary connects the lines.
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