This is an analysis of Christmas Eve 1914 by Eugene Field.

Silent, to-night, o'er Judah's hills
Bend low the angel throng,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXded faaaadgd efXfgdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 100110101 110101 110010101 010001 11010111 110101 11010101 010101 10010101 01011 11010100 110001 10010011 010101 01010001 010101 11010101 0100101 01110101 110011 11111101 110111 11010101 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

no, the