This is an analysis of This Section Is A Christmas Tree by Vachel Lindsay.

This section is a Christmas tree:
Loaded with pretty toys for you.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbbbXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01000101 10010111 01010101 01010111 11011101 11011101 11010101 11011101 110010111 01010101 01110111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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