This is an analysis of the poem A Christmas Carol that begins with:
Babe Jesus lay in Mary's lap,
The sun shone in his hair;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bXbX cdcX eeeXXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 011001 10111110 010101 111111101 110111 01110101 011101 11111111 1111010 110100111 11010010 111010111 111101 1111011001 111010 110110011 110101 1010100111 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; thy is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Christmas Carol;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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