This is an analysis of the poem On The Morning Of Christ’s Nativity that begins with:

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This is the month, and this the happy morn, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccdd X Xefeaaa X bgbgXhh X ghghhij ka gglkkljX X iimkkmll X ddcijcgg X ggXggcaa a hhbXhbnn a lldhhdmm X kkgkkgii X bbmbbmoo X hhXdlpld d ggcbbcbb a hhgXXgii X ggchhcoo X llmkkmee X ccgeagaa X bbcbbcff X mmeddXoo X ccXhhpXb X dlaggaff X kkcbbcff X Xih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,2,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 0001100101 01010100101 0101110101 1101000101 1101010101 1111010101 1001011001001 1 11001111000 1111010100 1001111011010 0101010100 1101110100 0101010101 110101010101 1 11001111101 0100100101 1111111101 0101000101 11010101110 1111000101 110101110101 1 1101010101 0111010101 1101001101 110101011 1101011101 1111100101 0101010101010 01 1 010101 101011 1101001101 100101 1100101 0011010101 01110110 010001010100 1 100101 110101 01010101001 110101 010101 0101010101 01010101 111101010100 1 110101 110111 11010111010 110101 010100 010101001010 11010101 110101011111 1 111101 110101 0101110110 011001 010011 010110011 11110101 101101110111 1 110101 010101 0101010101 010101 100101 1001100110 11110101 11011101011 1 010101 110111 1011110100 101111 110101 1100110101 101100101 011101101101 1 110101 110101 0101010101 110101 1001001 0101011111 11010101 10111101011 1 010101 110101 1101000101 110111 10101 1101010001 01111111 111011011101 1 11101 111101 1101110101 010101 100011 1111010101 01110101 0101010111001 1 101111 010101 01010101010 11111 010111 11011101010 11110001 1111011010010 1 110111 0101001 101101000101 01100 110100 11010010101 10011101 010001010101 1 110111 011101 1101010101 100101 010101 1011011101 11010101 1101001110101 1 111101 111101 01110011101 111101 1001001 11010101101 10111100 1110100110100 1 101101 101101 1011110101 110100 010111 1101010101 11010101 1101001000101 1 111101 010101 0100010001110 110101 1000101 010010101110 110111100 010101001101 1 110111 011101 0111010100 110101 10111 1101110101 1101101 0100101110101 1 010101 111111 101101100110 01101 010011 1001000101 1101110 010101011101 1 111111 11010 1101100101 0110101 010101 111110101 11010101 100101000101 1 010011 1111001 1101101010 010001 11101 01010101010 1101111 010111000101 1 010101 100101 0101011101 10101 0100111 0101000101 010100101 010111010101 1 010101 110101 01110010111 011101 011101 1001011101 10110101 1101010010101 1 1110 011101 0111010101 11100 1011101 1111010101 01010101 010101110101 1 110101 110111 0101010101 010101 110101 0101010101 01010111 101101011001 1 101001 010111 100100010101 111011 010101 1110011001 010100101 010110010101 1 110101 010101 01010110101 110101 10101 1101100101 11010111 10010101011 1 110101 1000101 10010111011 010111 1000101 11011001001 1010101 110011101111 1 110101 110101 101100111110 101011 110101 01010101010 110101010 1101010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 62
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 276
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; that, of, and, his, with are repeated.

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

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