Analysis of Christmas
'Tis Christmas day; the bells ring out
The joyous tidings far and near,
And children hail with gladsome shout
The merry sound of Christmas cheer.
'Tis Christmas day, the children's day,
When He was born a little child,
To take Creation's sin away,
And purify the Truth defiled.
He taught the world to walk by faith,
And, lest their feet should go astray,
He trod Himself the faithful path,
And showed His followers the way.
He taught a Hope to all oppressed
By Sorrow's weight or Sin's remorse;
Himself the contrite sinner blessed,
To give His words a greater force.
Oh! ye who tread in Trial's way,
Nor scarce can murmuring resist,
Remember, on His natal day,
The faithful suffering of Christ.
And ye, whose thoughts in memory trace
A darkened life of wrongful deeds,
Look up and see His kindly face,
Who now for your allegiance pleads.
Oh! Christians, to your name be true,
Cast all your faithlessness away,
And let your hope be born anew
On this, your Saviour's natal day.
Scheme | ABAB CXCA XCXC DEDE CXCX FGFG HCHC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11010111 01010101 0101111 01011101 11010101 11110101 111101 010011 11011111 01111101 11010101 01110001 11011101 1111101 01001101 11110101 11110101 11110001 01011101 01010011 011101001 01011101 11011101 11110101 11011111 111101 01111101 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 966 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 17, 2023
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