This is an analysis of I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXB ccdB eedX ffXXXaacB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11011101 11010101 11110101 01110001 11110111 01001100 11011001 01110001 10011111 101111111 11011101 01110001 110011111 10111111 01110101 01110001 11010101 01010101 01010101 01110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20