This is an analysis of the poem Good Tidings, Goodwill And Lots Of Cheer that begins with:
I just want to say,
During these holidays......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcda dbe efdcbf bXXebeebXbbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,6,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 101101 1100111 11001 100100101 10110101 0001010101 1101 01101 1101101011 1010101 111100 1011010 01010 111101 101010111 10011 11010111 01110001101 010101 10101111 1010101 1001010111 10101 0111 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word happy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Good Tidings, Goodwill And Lots Of Cheer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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