This is an analysis of the poem The Mistletoe (A Christmas Tale) that begins with:
A farmer's wife, both young and gay,
And fresh as op'ning buds of May;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcddeeff ffggaa hhiiffiijjj klffffmmbb aXffbbXnff mmbbffkXXa oonnggkl bbaaooff fflkoX ffbbkl ffoXbXmXffoX nnbcppkl XXaahh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,11,10,10,10,8,8,6,6,12,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 11110101 11000101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11010111 10010101 01010101 11010101 01010101 11111111 010101001 11010101 01010101 010101001 11010101 01010111 01010110 010010101 011010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11000101 110010111 01011101 01010101 01011101 01010101 01011101 01010001 1111010010 110101010 11000101 11011101 01011100 01000100 01010111 110010111 110010101 10000101 110010110 01000101 110010101 11011101 110111010 011101110 11000101 11000101 11010101 01010101 11010001 111111010 1100111010 11111101 01010101 11000101 100101001 11000101 11011101 11110101 11010111 10010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11000101 11110101 011101001 11010101 01010111 11010101 110100101 11010101 11010100100 10010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111111 10010101 01011101 11010101 10111101011 1010101010 100111001 10101010100 111111010 1110110001 01011101 11110101 11000101 110101110100 11011101 11110101 11010101 110101001 11010101 110010101 01010101 11000101 101110101100 11100111000 11010101 11010101 110001010 110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 111
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, many, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words still, full are repeated.
The author used the same word hodge at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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