This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Greeting that begins with:
I DO not care to wait until the hand of death has smoothed your brow
Before I say what's in my heart, I'd rather tell it to you now. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXb ccddddXbbbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010101011111 0111101111010011 11011111011101110 1111111101110101 11011011011011011 1111010101110101 1111010101110111 01011100101110111 1101011110011111 1011010101010101 1101010111110111 0111010111011101 0101010111011101 0101010111011111 0101110101011111 11001110110010101 1111011011110111 1111001110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 417
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, say, you, day, and, may, of, would are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, may, if are repeated.
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- summary of Christmas Greeting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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