This is an analysis of A Christmas Eve Choral by Bliss William Carman.

Halleluja!
What sound is this across the dark…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbCbDbeedXffXgCgDghhdXiiXjCjDjhhdXkkXeCeDclldXmmXnCnDnkkdXjjXfCfDfeedXiiX
  • Stanza lengths: 76,
  • Metre: 1000 11000101 11010101 100010001000 11110111 1010 10010101 1010 11010001 10011000 11001111 11110 1000 11111101 01010001 100010001000 10110111 1010 00010111 1010 01101111 01000101 11011101 11010 1000 11011101 110100101 100010001000 101100111 1010 01010101 1010 01010101 111101001 11010001 11010 1000 10111101 11010011 100010001000 10010101 1010 11110101 1010 11011100 01010101 11010101 11110 1000 101110001 11010101 100010001000 11110111 1010 11011101 1010 11000010 11010111 11000101 01010 1000 01010101 11010001 100010001000 10111111 1010 11010001 1010 10011111 11110101 01110101 01110 1000 01001011010 010100010 100010001000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 76

Repeated words/phrases

halleluja, and

Anaphora

the, to