This is an analysis of the poem Holidays Approach that begins with:
When Christmas comes,
It is the time I most like....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD eXe fXff ABCD agg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 0001111 10101 10010 01001101 11010101 1001 1001000101 10010111110 11111011 111010110101 1101 0001111 10101 10010 1101101 11110011 011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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