This is an analysis of the poem The Adoration Of The Kings that begins with:

From the Nativity
which I have already celebrated...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc deX fcX cXa XbX Xgg bfe dfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000100 1110101010 0100101 0110110 10 11010100 010 01010010 1011011 0001010 100100 0100 0010 10100101 11001 001101010 10010 1101 010010110 00010 1000100 01110010 10101 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mind, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Adoration Of The Kings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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