This is an analysis of A Christmas Carmen by John Greenleaf Whittier.

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Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbXaBBB XccddaXBBB XeebbeeBBB
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
  • Metre: 1 11011011011 01001001001 11101101001 11001011011 011000 110010 01101011110 11001001101 11101011111 1 101001001001 11011011001 101001011001 101001001001 110010 011000 01101011110 11001001101 11101011111 1 11001001001 11111101101 101011101001 101001100001 110010 010111 01101011110 11001001101 11101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

sing, the