Analysis of A Christmas Poem
J. Michael Welborn 1970 (Alabama)
As I sit and look at the Christmas Tree
But what out of the window I see.
A star shining bright in the crisp cool night
And memories of Christmas seem to flight
The first memory that has to be said
Is a tree that rises above my head
It’s a Christmas tree of the years long past
But memory that’s sure to last
I am taken as if by storm
To a place that is adorn
With presents and lights –
What a beautiful sight!
I find myself in my youth again
I feel as if I were ten
I find myself sitting on the stairs
And peering through the banisters
I feel the excitement grow
But alongside, I feel sorrow.
How could this be THIS time of year
"Oh Brother I wish You Were Near! "
His face was taken so soon away
All I could do it seemed was pray
I often feel close his presence,
I wonder if it was his essence.
I often feel him watching over me
As if he were above that tree
I think of him often and wonder
How he would be?
I immerse myself in holiday cheer
And thank my God for the family near
And for the boy that once knew
The brother who was always here!
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEB FFXE GGHH IIJJ AAXA HHXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (63%) |
Metre | 1110110101 111101011 0110100111 0100110111 0110011111 1011100111 1010110111 11001111 11101111 1011101 11001 101001 11101101 1111101 11110101 010101 1100101 10111110 11111111 11011101 111101101 11111111 11011110 110111110 1101110101 11100111 111110010 1111 10110101 0111101001 0101111 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,088 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on December 24, 2003
Submitted by mike.welborn on April 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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