This is an analysis of the poem Christmas Eve that begins with:
Christmas Eve is here at last.
And I'm happy as can be.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbacbcbAA aaadadaAA eeaeeeeAA ffagfgfAA bbacbcbAA ffaafafX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,9,9,9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1010110 10010101 1111101 1011101 1110111 1011111 1010110 1010111 1010111 10100101 1010101 1011111 1110111 1010111 1110001 1010101 1010111 1010111 1010111 1011111 1110101 0110101 1010101 10001101 1011101 1010111 1010111 1011001 1010101 1010101 1110101 1110111 1111101 10111001 1010111 1010111 10111001 1110111 1110101 1011111 11011111 1011101 1010101 1010111 1010111 11101001 1110111 1110111 1011111 1111111 1011101 1010101 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 christmas is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines last is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word last at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Christmas Eve;
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