This is an analysis of the poem A Christmas Carol that begins with:
So now is come our joyful'st feast,
Let every man be jolly.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXccb dedefffb ghghiiib cXcXjjjb ckcklllb ijijlllb jcjcfffB XmimaaaB kekemmmb ieiejjjb nbnXoXob ihXheeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 11001010 11010101 11001010 11111110 1111101 11000101 1111010 11110101 1101110 11010111 1111110 01011101 10110101 110100101 1101010 110010101 1111010 11010100 0111010 11111111 11010101 11101111 0111110 11011101 1101010 11101101 1111100 01010101 110101101 11111111 1101010 11110101 1101010 11110101 0100010 11110101 11011101 01111101 1101010 11100100 0101110 10110101 1100110 11110001 11111101 11011101 1111010 01000101 0111001 11111101 1111110 1010111 1111101 11010101 1111010 01010110 0100101 01010101 110101 11010011 11111111 11010101 1111010 11010111 11010100 10110001 11110100 11010101 10110111 11010111 1110010 01001101 0101110 01110101 0110010 11011101 10010001 11010111 1110010 111111001 1101010 01011101 1111110 11010101 1101110 110101001 0110010 110001101 1111010 11111100 0111010 11101011 11010101 1111101 1101110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, some are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word merry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Christmas Carol;
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