This is an analysis of the poem Flower-De-Luce: Christmas Bells that begins with:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbC ddeeC aaddC ffggC bbccC ggeeX hhiiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11010101 1111 0101 01110001 11110111 01001100 1101 00101 01110001 11010101 01010101 0101 0101 01110001 10111001 01010001 1001 0101 01110001 01101111 01100100 1101 0111 01110001 10011111 10111111 1101 1101 01110001 110011111 10111111 0111 0101 01110001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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