This is an analysis of the poem Santa's Stocking that begins with:

Dame Snow has been knitting all day
With needles of crystal and pearl... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdABCD eafgeafg ahfeahfe fhidfhid ejikejik ABCdABCD jlcjjlcj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101011 01001011 010110010 1100101 11011001 111011111 1010011110 1100111 11111001 10111001 011010110 11001011 11001011 11011111 011110010 1101111 1100111 101011001 010110010 1101101 10101111 01101001 0101010 1101101 0101001 0101101 11110010 11101101 1100111 1011101 10110110 1011011 11110111 1110101 110110010 101111011 1010111 0011111 11001110 1101011 11101011 01001011 010110010 11001001 11011001 111011111 1010011110 1100111 111011011 1111001 111010110 11011001 111111011 101101001 1110110010 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, it, heart are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Santa's Stocking;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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