This is an analysis of the poem Hymn, Sung At Christmas By The Scholars Of St. Helena’s Island, S.C. that begins with:

OH, none in all the world before
Were ever glad as we!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdbdbeaeadfdfbfbfdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010111 11110101 111111 11110001 110111 010100101 1100101 111100111 111111 01110101 011111 11110101 110111 01011111 110111 01011101 010101 11010111 111101 11101101 010111 11011101 010101 1101111 110101 11010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 837
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we're, the, come are repeated.

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  • central theme;
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