This is an analysis of the poem A Christmas Carmen that begins with:
I.
Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbXaBBB XccddaXBBB XeebbeeBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11011011011 01001001001 11101101001 11001011011 011000 110010 01101011110 11001001101 11101011111 1 101001001001 11011011001 101001011001 101001001001 110010 011000 01101011110 11001001101 11101011111 1 11001001001 11111101101 101011101001 101001100001 110010 010111 01101011110 11001001101 11101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sing, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word one at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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