This is an analysis of the poem A Christmas Carol that begins with:
God bless you all this Christmas Day
And drive the cares and griefs away....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabbcc ddeebb ffbbgg Aahhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11011101 110101011 11011001 01110111 01011111 11110101 11010011 10110101 11100101 11110101 11000101 01111101 01110101 11000101 01010111 10011101 11000101 11110101 110111111 11100011 110011111 11111101 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word may is repeated.
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- summary of A Christmas Carol;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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