Analysis of A Night of Long Ago
Not in a noisy inn,
but in a quiet stable
was a baby born,
not in a royal court,
but in stillness of thought
does Truth enter in.
The shepherds saw the vision,
humility beheld the sign-
a herald of a birth,
foretold by prophets long ago,
unfolding now before their eyes.
A star, afar and lone traversed the night,
on earth heaven's glory came to sight.
| Scheme | AXXXXA XXXXX BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101 1001010 10101 100101 101011 11100 0101010 0100101 010101 01110101 01010111 0101011001 111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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