This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Day that begins with:
How will it dawn, the coming Christmas Day?
A northern Christmas, such as painters love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcdedfgghijjejdhjklaAmkghcfelhnhlhahjgkkkeXkajnlnjoca cjogjchllngXhncagXXlllhjiamnnnnhlejamdbajonhleXakja X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,51,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010101 0101011101 1101011101 11111101010 1111111101 11011101110 1101110001 1011110101 1101011101 1100010101 110010010101 1110111101 1101010101 1101011101 1011010101 11010101010 01110010111 1111010101 0101010111 0101011111 1111110101 1001010101 0101010101 0101011101 1111010001 1011110101 1001010111 01010101010 0111010111 1101011101 0101010101 0101110101 0101010101 11010011101 1111010101 1111010011 1101011001 0111010011 11001111101 1101110100 11100110111 10100010111 0111010011 1101110101 0111110111 0111011101 010010100101 0111010001 0111100101 1101011101 0101110101 1100011111 01001011111 1011010101 1111011111 1100010111 0100111001 11110010001 1110111111 1101010111 0111010101 0100101111 1111011111 11110111111 1101010111 1110000101 1011010101 1011010111 0101111111 1111111001 1111111001 01010101111 1101010011 1001010001 0101010101 10101010111 011111110010 0111010101 0101010101 11010001101 1111011101 0101011101 1111000101 11001010101 1110110111 11010001010 11010101001 1100110101 1001110101 1111111101 1100010111 01110101010 0111010111 11111000101 0111110101 1101010101 0111010111 0101110101 11001010101 1111010101 101101101010 1001110101 1011010101 0101010101 1101011101 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1565
- Average number of words per stanza: 285
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, save, no, we, who, with, these, he, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, the, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day, all are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase are connects the lines.
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- summary of Christmas Day;
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