Analysis of Welcome Christmas
At Christmas when the lonely sit alone;
when the day has come at last.
There's a hesitation for your soul
that a present comes to ghast.
Where the thought of who was giving
brought a moment joy would laugh.
And the spirit was caught rising
to disgrace the life we staff.
Though the cards weren't on the table
and the path was clearly marked.
Still you wonder where mistaken
your decicions laid unharked.
That you welcome your sadition
your own fate has put you in.
Knowing no way was anothers
or your path has let you been.
And you sigh from what is comfort
knowing you might see the past.
When you know it's cause the future
wasn't hindered for your mast.
And the thought of gifts from others
makes you feel you're loved from heart.
Where the memory of their actions
only feeds a soul to start.
That you open up your present
and you feel the love flow out.
And your thankful that you waited
for the thought you've kept cast out.
And you wish them Merry Christmas
from the bottom of your heart.
Knowing what's more than the future
than the carrot of the scart.
And you welcome Christmas morning
with the angels of the lord.
When you welcome what is Christmas
when not seen through it's accord.
Scheme | ABXB CDCD XXXB AEFE XBGB FHFH XIXI FHGB CJFJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (89%) |
Metre | 1101010101 1011111 10010111 1010111 10111110 1010111 00101110 1010111 101101010 0011101 11101010 1111 111011 1111110 101111 1111111 01111110 1011101 11111010 1010111 00111110 1111111 101001110 1010111 11101110 0110111 01101110 1011111 01111010 1010111 10111010 1010101 01101010 1010101 11101110 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,158 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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