This is an analysis of Christmas Conversion by Jean Blewett.

I can see her in the kitchen,
Apron on and sleeves rolled up,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc XcXC adXd efef cgXg cdXd XdXX XgagXcccC
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11100010 1011111 100100011 1110001 11101010 0110100 10101110 1111111 11101110 1110111 11111010 1011101 11100110 1111111 11111010 1110111 11111110 1110101 11101110 1110101 10101110 1010101 11101110 1111101 10111010 1010101 00101010 0011100 10101011 1110101 11111110 1110011 10001010 1010101 11111010 0010101 11101110 0011101 11101011 1011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

in, stirs, an', i

Anaphora

an', nor