This is an analysis of the poem The Oxen that begins with:
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
"Now they are all on their knees,"... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dede XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111001 101111110 1101111001 10100101 110011101 1101101 1000101011 0110101 11010111 010111 01111101 1010101 10010101101 1111010 11101001 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Oxen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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