This is an analysis of the poem Noel: Christmas Eve 1913 that begins with:

Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
A frosty Christmas Eve ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcdXefXghaXXdbcgdgb XhhggijjXkac hibjeifXXdjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011000 010101 101010 11101 110101 1010010 001010 101011 101100 010001 1100111 101101 0111010 111101 111001 101010 111101 110001 1100111 100010 101110 11001 111011 111101 101111 10110 1111101 111011 001001 011001 0100111 000101 101101 101101 011010 101100 101001 111100 001001 011101 101001 1011000 111101 100011 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 Noel: Christmas Eve 1913;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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