This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Cheer that begins with:
This holiday season brings joy to hearts.
With the carolling of songs......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababac ddXbe ebbbbcbbb fXeXXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,9,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101101 0010001 01011010011 0010111 100111011 01001 010110011001 0011010111 10101010 100101100 01111010101 111 1011101 100100101 0100111 011 011 11101 10110101 101111 010110 1111101 11110101 11010 0011101 110001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Christmas Cheer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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