This is an analysis of the poem The House Of Christmas that begins with:

There fared a mother driven forth
Out of an inn to roam; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaccca deceddde fabaggga fhXhdddh Xaeahhba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 101101 00111110 11111 01010111 010101101 1010100111 101101 11111011 1101001 11111100101 0100101 111101101 111101101 11111001001 1011110 0100110 101111 1011110 111111 1111101111 111111101 001111111 10011 010111111 110111 01001101001 1110111 111011101011 11101001001 1111001001 1101001 011010010 1111 01101110 1010111 001001001001 0011100111 00111110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The House Of Christmas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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