This is an analysis of the poem Pilgrims To The East that begins with:

This Christmas-time my son will come,
God willing, to the Holy Place...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc XaXadd bebeee dfdfaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11000101 11010101 01011101 10010101 10010101 01011101 11010101 01000100 10010100 110100101 110101001 11110111 11010101 1101010 11110101 110100011 11011100 11011100 11110111 11010101 10101101 11110011 110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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  • summary of Pilgrims To The East;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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