This is an analysis of the poem Christmas that begins with:
Christmas is come and every hearth
Makes room to give him welcome now... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededfgfg ececbhbh bibijkjk cdcdecec jcjcXjcj jbjXhchc lglgdddX bcbcdgdg gegXfffX mdmdlclc Xiiidmdm dcdXnXnX Xdmdcfcf adaddjdj jijimgmg memechch mgmgghgh XjdjXchX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100111001 11011101 101010101 11110101 11010101 101111101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11011101 010100001 11010101 11010101 11111101 11001101 11010101 101011101 10111101 11010101 010010101 11110101 10001101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11011101 11110001 01010101 110100101 11010111 11011101 11110001 11010101 11010101 11110101 11000101 11011101 11010110 11111101 01010101 11010100 11000101 11010100 01010111 01011101 11010101 110101001 0101010 11110101 11110101 01110110 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11011111 11010101 01000101 1011101 11010101 10011101 010101101 11110101 01111101 11010111 11000101 101111001 11111101 11010101 01010101 11010101 01011101 11100101 01011101 11010101 010101001 010101010 110010111 101101010 11110101 11010101 10110111 11011101 11010110 010110101 11010101 010010101 11011101 11010001 11011101 11010111 110101010 11010111 1000101010 01010100 10110101 11011110 01010101 11010001 11010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 10011101 11110101 11010101 11010111 111101001 11010101 11101101 101100101 11011101 01010101 01010101 11011101 10110101 01010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 110010101 01011101 110010101 11010101 11111111 11010011 111111001 11110111 110010101 11110101 01010111 01011101 11110101 01110111 01011101 01010101 10010101 01110101 01110111 01110101 11111101 11010101 110011101 11010101 11010101 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 152
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, such are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same words old, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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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