Analysis of That Christmas
Rosette Adrienne McGill 1973 (Simcoe)
That first Christmas
There were no toys
Tucked under the tree
No presents for the girls
And no presents for the boys
Just a woman and a man
On a donkey she rode
To find an inn
A place to stay
To give birth to her child
That night
No place was found
Not at first
Yet a lowly stable
At last was the place
To give birth
She gave birth
To a beautiful son
They named Him Jesus
As God told them
Jesus is His name
Shepherds and wisemen
Saw the bright star
Shining in the east
They came from afar
To see the miracle of His birth
Today we celebrate
Santa and get toys
When we should be
Celebrating the birth
Of this boy
This boy would grow
To be a man
That would preach
And ultimately die
To bring salvation to man
What will you celebrate
This Christmas
Who will you celebrate
This Christmas
I know who and what
I will celebrate
I will celebrate
The birth of Jesus
My Lord and Saviour
Scheme | abcxb dxxxxx xxxxe exaxx dfxfe gbcex xdxxd gAgAxG Gac |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 1011 11001 110101 0110101 1010001 101011 1111 0111 111101 11 1111 111 101010 11101 111 111 101001 11110 1111 10111 1 1001 1011 10001 11101 110100111 01110 10011 1111 10001 111 1111 1101 111 010001 1101011 11110 110 11110 110 11101 1110 1110 01110 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 911 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 6, 3 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on October 11, 2022
Submitted by rosette_a on November 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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