This is an analysis of the poem On Going Home For Christmas that begins with:
He little knew the sorrow that was in his vacant chair;
He never guessed they'd miss him, or he'd surely have been there;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff ggffaaXaaddcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101100101 110110111110101 11010101011101 101110101110101 111010101010011 111011101111101 11010101010111 101011101110111 11011101010101 101010101011101 11010100010101 111011101110101 11010100011101 101000101110101 100110101110010 110110101110101 11010101111101 111010101110101 111011101110101 101010101010111 101010100010111 0111110101011111 111110100011111 001001100110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, that, or, his, have, would, and, to, you, you'll are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, going are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines there is repeated).
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