This is an analysis of the poem The Twelve Days Of Christmas that begins with:
Anonymous English Christmas carol, likely based on an older French song
(first published in the children's book Mirth Without Mischief, 1780)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bCC bCDC bCEDC bCEEDC bCEEEDC bCAEEEDC bCAAEEEDC bCAAAEEEDC bCAAAAEEEDC bCAAAAAEEEDC bCAAAAAAEEEDCXbCaAAAAAAEEEDC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,28,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100101010101111011 11000101101101 1011010 111101 0100011 10101010 111101 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 1101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 10101010 111101 101010 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 11010 101010 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 11010 11010 101010 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 11010 11010 11010 101010 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 100101010 111101 0101010 11010 11010 11010 101010 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011 1011010 111101 110010 0101010 11010 11010 11010 101010 11010 111 1101 111 11011 0100011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Twelve Days Of Christmas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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