Analysis of At the brink of Christmas
Children are singing
Bells are ringing
Dwarfs are backing
Are cookies making
Scissors are cutting
Kids are putting
Presents are picking
Hands are sticking
Faces are glowing
And all are knowing
Christmas knocks at the door.
| Scheme | AAAAAAAAAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 1110 1110 11010 10110 1110 10110 1110 10110 01110 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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