This is an analysis of the poem The Hard Times In Elfland that begins with:
A Story of Christmas Eve.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbd efXf abab gcgd gege bgbg hbhb ijXj gggg efef kiki bbXb ggege dgdg lblb hdhd dbdb ebeX mlmX ndnc bmbm mXmn nnnX ojoX bXbp Xmqm XlXl emem bcbd klkl hdhd elel jbjb jqjq pqpq ldlc ekeX hkhk qpqp Xbfb lglg jljX XnXn pdpd dndn epep didX ngXg erer Xgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0100101 110100111 01011100 111100111 11010011 11011101 110001010 111001100 0101101010 110010111 11110101 010010101 110101101 11110101 010110100 01011101 01010101 11110101 11010101 01110111 11111101 111100101 11010001 11011011 010000101 101010011 001011101 1110110111 110100101 101111111 010111001 11010111 11111101 110100111 100100111 11110101 011100101 101110101 11110110 100111101 101010100 101010101 11011101 11011101 01110101 1010010101 101111011 111111010 10010101 10100100101 1101 1101 11010101 01010101 100111111 010100101 11010101 11011111 11010101 01011001 01010101 110100101 101010101 010101001 11010101 11011101 101001111 11011111 01011101 11110101 1011010101 1111101 011101001 101101110110 101011111 11010101 11010111 111111100 11011101 11010101 01110101 11011100 11110001 1101011 01011101 01111111 10110001001 010110000 110101001 110101001 11010101 111010101 010100101 1101101 11110101 11110101 11011101 100011100 1001011 000111110 1110011 11010101 1111011100 11110101 10111101 01010101 11111111 011101011 010100111 11111101 111110101 010101111 011111001 01010101 1101010011 10010100 01010101 1010101011 11111011 011100111 11111101 100110110 01011111 01110100 1110001101 11111011 01010101 011010101 11111101 11110101 101111111 111101011 101010111 11011101 101111101 11010101 11010111 01110101 101111111 01111101 11000101 11010101 101011111 10111101 11110101 11011100 100010111 11110101 11011111 01011100 1011100101 11010101 11111111 11011101 101010111 11011110 01111111 11010011 101010101 110010001 11110100 11011101 101010101 11011111 110101011 11011111 1010100111 011100101 110011111 11011101 11111111 110010111 111011111 11110111 101111111 11011101 010111101 01011101 100010101 11100101 01110111 11010101 1010110111 01010111 010110101 11110101 101111101 11011101 11110111 0110110100 11011001 110110111 11011111 11111111 100010101 1100100011 11010111 11010101 101101011010 01110101 11010101 11010101 101111101 01010111 11010101 01110101 101110111 010100101 01010101 11110100 101111111 11011101 11010111 01010101 101010101 010101001 111100111 01111111 101011101 11010111 11010111 001001100 101010100 11111101 111100001 11111111 100011101 11111111 11011110 11010101 1010111101 010111110 11111111 1111111000 11010101 101111101 11111101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 60
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 239
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, in, we'll, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, his, we'll, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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