This is an analysis of the poem Christmas is Coming that begins with:

Christmas is coming,
The geese are getting fat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBCDXDABCBCDXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 011101 11010 00111 01101010 010001 011010100 1111 10010 011101 11010 00111 01101010 010001 011010100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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