Analysis of The Rich Boy's Christmas
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
And now behold this sulking boy,
His costly presents bring no joy;
Harsh tears of anger fill his eye
Tho’ he has all that wealth can buy.
What profits it that he employs
His many gifts to make a noise?
His playroom is so placed that he
Can cause his folks no agony.
Mere worldly wealth does not possess
The power of giving happiness.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01011101 11010111 11110111 11111111 11011101 11011101 1111111 11111100 11011101 010110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 340 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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