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

How brisk in frost we stept together west!
The sky, as pearly as her lucent face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba accad edfef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110101 0111010101 1101011101 0100111101 101011011101 11011101001 01001011101 1001010101 0101011101 1101110111 01010000101 0101010111 1101010101 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; her is repeated.

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

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