This is an analysis of the poem This One I Picked For Christmas that begins with:
How many Angels can sit atop a tree.
This one I picked for Christmas, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABa cdXc cebd FFECG ABX XcedXFFECGd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,5,3,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010110101 0111110 011111 111011101 11 10101000 110111 11011 01101 11100110 010111 110101 110111 110011 1101 1101 11010110101 0111110 111100 101101 111101 111101 011011 110101 110111 110011 1101 1101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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