Analysis of It was the dawning of the day of grace,
It was the dawning of the Day of Grace,
when Christ entered into the Human Race.
The Infinite God confined to a span
Incomprehensibly becoming man.
The angels in heaven looked down in awe
for there in a manger their God they saw.
Now at this new Christmas season may we
the wonder of God's Incarnation see
| Scheme | AABB XXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1101010111 1110010101 0100101101 001000101 0100101101 1100101111 1111101011 0101101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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