This is an analysis of the poem Christmas 1864 that begins with:
Christmas time has come again,
But ah! where are the merry chimes...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddedeXcXcbfXfffffgbgbhfhfibibababjajafbfbjbjahaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1011101 11110101 11011101 110101001 11010101 11010101 01011101 0100101001 111101001 110101010 01010101 010101110 11010101 111111010 01010101 110111010 011100110 11010101 10101110010 01000101 101011101 011101010 01011111 010101110 11110101 010101010 11011101 011111110 11110111 11010111 111101111 01111101 11110101 01110101 10110101 11110101 01010111 01011101 10110101 0111011001 11111101 010101010 11111101 110001010 11110011 11110101 11011101 100100011 11110001 01011101 11110101 01010111 111101001 10010101 11110101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2023
- Average number of words per stanza: 355
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his, to, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are repeated.
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