This is an analysis of the poem Tryste Noel that begins with:

The Ox he openeth wide the Doore,
And from the Snowe he calls her inne, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXBX cdXdcXeBe ebXbffXBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100101 10011101 111101100 11011 1101 0111 11011111 1001 11011111 01110111 11010101 11010110 011001 0101 1111 0101111 1001 11110110 01010101 11011101 11110010 110101 1111 1111 110111001 1001 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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