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

When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow,
We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbaA CcXXcC ddbbdd EebbeE bbffbb BbggbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110010101 1111010010101 1111010 1101010 0111010111101 1101110010101 01000100001101 1101010101101 1100100 1100110 1101010111111 01000100001101 1101100110101 0101010111111 1101100 11000010 11010101010101 1101010010101 1101010110111 1101110110101 1101110 0100010 11011101100011 1101010110111 1111110110111 1100110110111 1101010 1111010 1101010110101 1111110110101 1101110010101 11001100101001 1101010 1111110 1101010010011 1101110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, we, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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