This is an analysis of the poem A Song For Christmas that begins with:
I.
Hark, in the steeple the dull bell swinging...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXaX aXXb acXc X dada ebeb XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1001001110 100101111 1011001110 100110101 1001011010 1011001010 10010011100 100100101 1101001010 110101101 1111001100 111101101 1 1101110110 101100101 1101101010 101100101 1111011110 100101101 1011001010 11111101 1111011110 110111101 1011111110 100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hark, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hark is repeated.
The author used the same word hark at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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