This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Hymn that begins with:
O CHRIST, born on the holy day,
I have no gift to give my King; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb bcbc cece fgfg hghg haha dddd ibib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11110111 110111101 11111101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11110101 11110111 11111101 11010001 11010101 111100101 110010101 111100001 01000101 11101110 01111101 01010001 01000111 11110111 11110101 11011101 01010011 11111111 11111111 11111101 01010111 111110101 11011101 11111101 110100111 11011111 11010110 01001101 11110101 11111111 110101111 11011101 11001111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, of, thy, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, how, the are repeated.
The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Christmas Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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