Analysis of Christmas Memories
Going to Grandma's house on Christmas morn',
The tree lit up and strung with corn,
Enjoying it all, at her house in the "holler,"
Back when you could buy a gift for a dollar.
My first Christmas at an air base out west,
Going home with a friend, I felt blessed,
Leaving the base for Colorado, being aglow,
Spending Christmas there amid love and snow.
Opening gifts, feeling like I was in Heaven,
With my lovely young bride, in the year '67,
And 34 years later, living across the globe,
I still cherish her gift of a corduroy robe.
Homemade toys as a child, made by my dad,
Made me so happy and pridefully glad,
Homebaked goodies, made with motherly care,
That sweetened, like magic, that holiday air!
Now, I could go on with memories galore,
Of my happy days of Christmas time lore,
But, I will stop now and say this to you,
Merry Christmas to all, with memories anew!
Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE FFGG HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101111101 01110111 010111010010 11111011010 1110111111 101101111 100110101001 1010101101 100110111010 111011001 0110100101 11100110101 1111011111 11110011 110111001 1101101101 11111110001 1110111011 1111101111 101011110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 848 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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