This is an analysis of the poem Christmas that begins with:
With all the little children, far and near,
God wot! to-day we'll sing a song of cheer!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeeff ggXXcX hheehh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010111 1101110101 0101111111 1111011111 1101010111 1001010101 1011010101 1101110101 1101110111 0101110111 1001001101 1111010001 1001001101 1101110101 1101111101 1111110111 1111110101 1101011111 1101111111 1110011101 1111000101 1111110011 0101110101 1101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Christmas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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