Analysis of Christmas Doubt
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
On Christmas Eve a farmer said,
"I don't believe Christ came
To Earth, then put into a "bed"
To later end our shame.
He then refused to go with his
Dear wife which made her sad,
Although his reason always is
The same with doubt he had.
He later noticed birds make noise
Not finding warmth outside
And so, he offered them a choice
A place where no one died.
They would not go and so he thought
He'd shoo the birds to go
Inside his barn but all he got
Was fear from then and so
He slowly realized that they
Would never understand
How much he hoped to show the way
To life as God had planned.
He thought if he could be a bird
Then they would see his goal,
But bird talk never once was heard.
The giant failed his role.
Just then he heard the bells ring loud
As church was through that night.
He thought of Jesus and then bowed;
His heart with God was right!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE XFXF GHGH IJIJ KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 110111 11110101 1101101 11011111 111101 111011 011111 11010111 110111 01110101 011111 11110111 110111 01111111 111101 1101011 11001 11111101 111111 11111101 111111 11110111 010111 11110111 111111 11110011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 861 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
A Christmas story.
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Written on November 22, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 22, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on November 22, 2023
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