This is an analysis of the poem The Christmas Goose that begins with:

Mr. Smiggs was a gentleman,
And he lived in London town;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa Xbcb Xdbd XacX ddaa cefe XXec gXbX acfc hhaX aaeX egcg becX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110100 1110101 01110011 110101 11101 1110111001 10101001 10001 10110 11011 11101 11101 1010011 1111 1111011 011010 1010010111 110111001 1101111 010110101 11101 101011 1010110 01001 1111101 1101100 10101111 111101 10010100101 110101 11111010 10101001 1010111010 11001 1111010 01111 111100110 101001101110 1111111 111011110 101011011 0111111 01001101 1101010100 10000101 11111101 11110101 110111 101010111 101111 11111111 111000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines frown is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word town at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Christmas Goose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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