This is an analysis of the poem The Menologium. (Preface To The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles) that begins with:
CHRIST WAS BORN, KING OF GLORY
in midwinter, mighty prince,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefgahegXegeebijdkXgbljddjbilembmgliafedbemdamdXaeegjeihnbbcefmieeendeeeXiggolnboigbdgmcXfXefbieggldcgehciegbepjigkmcikggpbebiqmhgibgcdggeagdckbgileekdhdckjbdeeedqahaagbabddgqdblddgadXgmkkgnbbmebddmh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 202,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 0110101 0100101011 101101 110111010 1010101 100101101 011101010 111001100 1010101001 01110111 11010110 111010101 11101001 011011 110101110101 1110101 011011111 0100101010010 10111011 1101011101 0101110 101110101 10011011 0100111011110 10110111 11010101 101101 01011010110 10010110 1000101101 111010010 010111010010 1110011010100 11110101 011010110010 11011111 1110010 10101011001 0100100110 110100111 1010101 101101101 110110001001 1101010101 0101011010 0101010011 01101011010 101010111111 100110111 100110101 111111110 00101101 010010111010 010110011 10100010 110110101 01010011101 1011010 11011111 01011001 10101010 101010011 11000110011 11100011 01110110010 1001101 010011101 1011010010 10111111 1010010101 101111011 011001001 11110001010 11010101010 1010110011 10110111 11111001 11011111 1110110011 1010110010 1101001011 01001011 11100111 101000101 010111010 1001010100 010001111001 11110100101 101101010 011010101001 10110111101 101110111 10011110 11110110 0010010001 1100111 10111101 01011001 101111101001 1101101011 111010110 1100010101 1010011010 110100101 110110010 10101001 11101001 10010010011 101101010 101011110101 110111001 101011 1010111101 1110100010 10011010101 10111001 101101001 11011010 111011 011010010 110110111 1011010010 110111101 101111 001010001101 1011010010 01010100101 101100001001 0101001011 01010101100 11011001001 01011010 0100111101 1101011 010110101 110101001 010100001 01111101 1111011110 1101101010 0110111110 1001010111 101010011 010110110101 1011101 01101111 1101010101 11001111010 100010 100101101 10110010 010101001001 111110111 010010010 10100101 111001011 1110011 1010110 010010110010 10001011 010101010110 1110101011 101010101101 101111010 1111101 101110010 0111111 10111010110 1011001010 10001111001 010010100 1110110110 011110101011 110010001 1101101 0111001 1000100111 100110101 011111101 0110011110 011010110010 01010101 1101110110 1001110100 111111001 101011010010 1010010010 10100110 10010101 110011001 10101010010 011101111 010011010 101000101010010 10011010 11011010010 101001001 010111111 01011111 01101010 001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 7744
- Average number of words per stanza: 1392
- Amount of lines: 202
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, as, and, with, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, on are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Menologium. (Preface To The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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