This is an analysis of the poem A Visit From St. Nicholas that begins with:
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggbbhhiijjkkllggmmnnoohhppggqqppmmnnhhcckkoo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101011011101 101011011001 01001101001 01111001101 01001011011 11001011011 110001011011 111011101101 111011011010 110010111010 01001011101 11001011101 01101001101 101001101001 11011001101 101011111011 001011011011 11001001011 11011001011 111011011011 110110110110 110110110110 001001001001 11011011011 111101011011 111011001001 11001101011 001101111001 110010011101 01011001101 111011111001 101011001001 111101001001 101011001011 01001111101 1111010110001 011110010110 010110011010 01101111101 101001111101 01001111001 101001001101 110111010110 111111010010 111011011011 111111101011 01001101001 11101111001 11101111001 11101011001 11001001001 11001101011 110010011010 1011111010010 111101111101 101001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2818
- Average number of words per stanza: 546
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, now, away, dash, on, his, he, like, i, of, to, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are repeated.
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