This is an analysis of the poem Christmas that begins with:
We'll twine some holly on the chandelier,
We'll hang a 'Merry Christmas!' on the wall;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbaba cdcddcdc bebeebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010001 1101010101 0101010101 1111110101 1111011101 1101110101 1111110101 0111 1101110111 0111010101 1101000111 1101110101 1101011111 1101100101 0101011001 0101 0101010101 1111110111 1101010101 0101001111 1101110101 1111110111 1101110101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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