This is an analysis of the poem The Approach Of Christmas that begins with:

There's a little chap at our house that is being mighty good-
Keeps the front lawn looking tidy in the way we've said he should;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddaa eeffaa aagghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111010100 101110100011111 101010101110001 101111101110101 111100101110111 001010101011101 11011110110101 11110101010101 11010101011111 101100110010001 111011100010101 001010101010101 110100101111101 001010101110101 111011101011111 101001100010101 01011101110100 101010101010101 101011111010100 101011101010111 101110111111101 101010101010101 111110101011101 101010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (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, we, to, i, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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  • summary of The Approach Of Christmas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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