This is an analysis of the poem A Boy At Christmas that begins with:
If I could have my wish to-night it would not be for wealth or fame,
It would not be for some delight that men who live in luxury claim,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb bXaacb ddccbb bbbeebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110101101111 01101101111101001 1010111111110101 0101010111010101 0101101111111101 1111010101011101 11110111010101001 0111110101110100 1101010101010111 0101011101010001 010100010101011 0011010101011101 1101010101110111 0111010111000101 1101010101110101 1101110111010101 0101011111010101 1111010111110101 1101010101110101 1101001111110101 11011111110101 01 1101110110110100 1111010111111111 1101100101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, would, be, to, i'd, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word i'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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