This is an analysis of Christmas Holidays by Thomas Hood.

Along the Woodford road there comes a noise
Of wheels, and Mr. Rounding's neat post-chaise…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaababacc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101011101 0111010111 1001110101 01001011111 1101100111 0101110010 1101011101 11010111001 1101110101 0101111101 1111011101 0101010111 1101101111 1111000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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