This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Song that begins with:
ABOVE the weary waiting world,
Asleep in chill despair,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccdeceaXbcdcff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 010101 11010101 010101 1100100111 01010101 11010101 010101 11010101 110001 11010001 0100100 01010101 010101 100100111 110001 11110001 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 546
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Christmas Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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