This is an analysis of The Mother by Jean Blewett.
As 'Peace on earth!' the glad world sings one glorious Christmas morn,
'Peace, peace on earth! Good-will to men! Peace, peace! the Christ is born!'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcc dXeeaafgfghhii eeaaii iijjiX aakkdd ffeeXX ffcchddX
- Stanza lengths: 6,14,6,6,6,6,8,
- Metre: 111101111100101 11110001110101 110101010101001 11011101110101 01010111 01011101 01111101010111 11111101111101 11010101010101 01010111011101 11001001 11000101 01011111 110111 110100111 011101 11111101110101 11111100111101 110011101 01111111 11010101 01010101 01111111101101 11110111111101 010001010101001 111110101111111 11010101010101 11111011010101 010111111101111 01011101110001 11010101 11110100 11111101011101 011111001001101 11010011010111 11011111101101 111110101 01110101 110100101010111 01011101010101 11111111111101 11010101110011 10110011 11110101 11011101010101 11111111011101 11010101101001 110100111111101 11010111 110101 11010101 1101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
as, peace, ', and, to, thee, on, she
Anaphora
as, and
