This is an analysis of the poem The Christmas Tree that begins with:
In the dark and damp of the alley cold,
Lay the Christmas tree that hadn't been sold;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabXcc aaaaddXX aaeeXXeeffcc eeddaaggcc bbhhddccXhXXbbaX cciiggeX aacXbbggccXaaccfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,12,10,16,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0011100101 1010111001 101010111 0011100101 101001110 0101001010 1111101101 1100100101 10101100101 110110001 111011111 10011011 111110100 0100100111 1110110111 1101001110 10110110101 0010010111 1011010101 101011011 1011111101 10101001111 1011100101 1010101011 111100111 11100100111 1010111101 11111110111 10010101111 11100101001 0110110101 1111010101 1000101101 0101101001 0100101001 1011001011 110100101 111110101 10111100101 0010010101 1110010111 101101101101 1011110101 10101101101 1111111001 11011011101 111111111 1111101011 10101111110 1110111110 1010111101 111110101 010100101 1111001010 11110101110 011100111 1101101111 0100110101 110010111 110100111 11010101 11011110100 11101101001 10001010011 101111101 1111111010 1110111111 1010110101 1011010101 0010111101 110010101 10100101101 010011101 101110101 01010101 11110101 111111101 110100101 111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, in, with, some, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, who, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Christmas Tree;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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