This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn For Christmas Morning that begins with:

IT is the Christmas time:
And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc Xddd eaae dffd ghhg XiiX deeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000101 111111011 010011101 010101 110101 111111011 01010111 010101 10111000 01011101 11010101 110101 111111 01011101 11110101 111101 110011 01011101 01010101 010001 101101 11110001 11010001 010101 100011 11011101 001110111 100101 111111 01100101 11010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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