Analysis of Sparkle, The Christmas Cardinal



Sparkle  The Christmas Cardinal            
By : Ed Kielkucki
Christmas will be late, this year,
The word from Santa, “No Holiday Cheer “
His reindeer are sick, in bed with the flu.
Santa is worried and doesn’t know what to do.

The elves continue to work, making the Christmas toys,                                          
All made with Love, for the good little girls and boys.
The sleigh is ready all shiny and new,
But without the reindeer, what will we do?

When from out in the distance, from mountains so high,
Way up in a tree, almost touching the sky.
The sound of music, ringing out so clear,
From a tiny red cardinal…It’s Christmas Cheer!

The sounds so pleasant, it makes you feel great,
Like medicine for the reindeer, it’s not too late.
Her name is Sparkle, its Santa’s pet bird,
Singing the sounds of Christmas, no one has ever heard.

Can Sparkle save Christmas with her holiday cheer?
Only time will tell, as Christmas time grows near!
So Santa asks Sparkle to join him on this special night,
Keeping the reindeer happy, and Christmas magic in sight.

Singing out her songs with holiday festive joy,
Helping  save Christmas, for every girl and boy.
 Perched high on the sleigh in her holiday red,
Our cardinal sings the reindeer, right out of bed.

To deliver from Santa, his gifts of Peace, Love & Cheer,
It’s Sparkle the cardinal, who saved Christmas this year!
So when you see a cardinal, sitting way up in a tree,
Remember this holiday story and what will always be.


Scheme XABBCC DDCC XABB EEFF BBGG HHII BBJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 10010100 111 1011111 011101101 111101101 10110011111 0101011100101 111110110101 0111011001 101011111 111001011011 1100111001 0111010111 101011001101 0111011111 11001011111 0111011011 1001110111101 11011010101 10111110111 11011011111101 1001100101001 10101110101 101101100101 1110100101 101001011111 1010110111111 1100100111011 111101001011001 0101101001111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,506
Words 290
Sentences 15
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 37

About this poem

Holiday story for Children

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Written on February 17, 2020

Submitted by Shellstar on February 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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