This is an analysis of A Christmas Carol by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

TUNE--'God rest ye, merry gentleman.'
GOD rest ye, merry gentlemen; let nothing you dismay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aAaa XXaa bbaA
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111110100 11110100110101 1101110111101 011110101011101 1101110111101 1111010110110 1101110110101 01010101011101 11010100111101 111101001011 0101010100101 11110111111101 1101110111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 13

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