This is an analysis of the poem A Christmas Memory that begins with:
Pa he bringed me here to stay
'Til my Ma she's well.--An' nen... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXaa ababacaaa XXbb dXddaa ededdXXaedffe aaXabafXX XXcaa ggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,4,6,13,9,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 1111111 1111101 1111101 1111110 1011111 1111101 1110101 101011101 11011101 1011111 1111111 1110101 111111 1111111 0111101 11101110 1011111 1011111 1110111 10111100 1110111 0111111 1111101 1110101 111011111 1111101 1011101 1111101 1110111 10111110 1011101 1111101 1010111 1110111 1101111 11011101 1111101 1011110 1111111 0111111 1001111 1111111 1110111 1101101 1110111 1111111 111111 1111100 1111101 1110111 111101 1110111 1011101 1110111 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, an', 'uz, ma, her, to, me, ', want are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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