This is an analysis of the poem A Child’s Song Of Christmas that begins with:

MY counterpane is soft as silk,
My blankets white as creamy milk.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdD eeff ggdD hhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 11011101 01110111 11010101 01010101 01010101 01011100 10110101 11010101 11011101 11101111 11011101 11111101 01011101 11010100 10110101 11111101 111111011 110100111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 my is repeated.

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  • summary of A Child’s Song Of Christmas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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