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

I count my treasures o'er with care.--
The little toy my darling knew,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbA cddc effe dggd ahha fccf ahha effe dAad idXi X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001 01011101 01010101 01010101 10010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 101110101 01011101 11111101 110111011 11110101 10011101 11010101 11010101 111100101 11010101 11000101 11010101 111100111 11011101 01001101 11110111 11110101 100101001 11000101 11010101 11011101 11011111 110111001 11110011 01010101 01010101 01010101 01011101 10011101 11011111 01100100 11001001 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; little, my, he are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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