This is an analysis of the poem Chrismus Is A-Comin' that begins with:
Bones a-gittin' achy,
Back a-feelin' col',...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXbXXcX XdXdceXeXfXf XgXgXXdXXhXh XXcfddXdXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 10101 101010 11111 110010 10101 101010 10111 111010 111110 100010 110101 101010 10101 101110 10101 1011010 00101 11101 11111 110110 11111 101110 110101 111000 10001 111010 11101 111110 01111 1110110 111100 111010 11101 111110 11111 1101110 10111 1101110 10101 1101110 110111 111110 10101 111010 111110 1011010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
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- summary of Chrismus Is A-Comin';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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