This is an analysis of the poem A Feel In The Chris'Mas-Air that begins with:
They's a kind o' _feel_ in the air, to me.
When the Chris'mas-times sets in.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXabaB aaaaabaB aaaacbcB dedeabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011100101 1010110 1011100100 1101110 110111101 1100111 10100101111 0111001 1010010111 00110111 010101101 1111011 1111001111 1101111 111101111 0111001 10111100111 111111 0011111101 111111 1100111011 1111111 1010101101 0111001 000100101 111101 000110101 1111101 0001101011 10101111 1011100101 0111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; i, and, as, o' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o' is repeated.
The author used the same word they's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word air at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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