This is an analysis of the poem Christmas that begins with:
How grace this hallowed day?
Shall happy bells, from yonder ancient spire,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa cbXc cddc eaae Affa bggb feef hiih Acca jiij ckkc dbbd fccf jllj gaag gccg cccc ggggXfggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101 1101010101 11110011010 110101 0111001 1100101100101 1111000110 011101 100111 11010010101 0101010111 011101 111111 00110110101 1100011101 110011 111101 0111111011 1101010001 110111 010101 1011101101 1101010101 110101 111101 1001010101 1101000101 110101 111101 11110000101 1011010101 010101 111101 1101110101 0101010111 011111 110111 1101011101 1011111101 110101 1100101 10110000101 1001010101 101101 010101 00110010101 1001011111 110101 111111 0111111101 1101111101 011101 0111001 1100010101 0101001111 110101 110101 110100101001 1101010101 110101 100101 1100110101 1001110101 100101 100101 1001010101 10011101001 110111 110101 1011011101 11000110101 1101001 110101 1101010101 1101110111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, with, oh, peace, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with, oh, peace are repeated.
The author used the same words how, peace at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pray connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Christmas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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