This is an analysis of the poem The Mother that begins with:

As 'Peace on earth!' the glad world sings one glorious Christmas morn,
'Peace, peace on earth! Good-will to men! Peace, peace! the Christ is born!'... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcc dXeeaafgfghhii eeaaii iijjiX aakkdd ffeeXX ffcchddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,6,6,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111101111100101 11110001110101 110101010101001 11011101110101 01010111 01011101 01111101010111 11111101111101 11010101010101 01010111011101 11001001 11000101 01011111 110111 110100111 011101 11111101110101 11111100111101 110011101 01111111 11010101 01010101 01111111101101 11110111111101 010001010101001 111110101111111 11010101010101 11111011010101 010111111101111 01011101110001 11010101 11110100 11111101011101 011111001001101 11010011010111 11011111101101 111110101 01110101 110100101010111 01011101010101 11111111111101 11010101110011 10110011 11110101 11011101010101 11111111011101 11010101101001 110100111111101 11010111 110101 11010101 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, peace, ', and, to, thee, on, she are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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