Analysis of Christmas Without You, Lord



Though the house will feel empty,
my life will be so full of you,
that, as my arms enfold nothing,
my heart will embrace you anew.
And when I feel lonely,
Your  presence is one with  my soul.
So, that when my heart's broken,
Your love makes me whole.

Christmas without you, Lord
would be more than I could bear
but, with You in my heart,,
Your love I can share.
Christmas without you
having given Your all for me,
is a Christmas without
any presents under the tree.

©1997 Michael S Davis


Scheme ABXBACXC XDXDBAXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011110 11111111 11110110 11101101 011110 11011111 1111110 11111 100111 1111111 111011 11111 10011 10101111 101001 10101001 10110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 472
Words 93
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Michael Davis

I am a 57 year oldbi-vocational pastor and insurance agent. I wrote my first poem (Through the Haze of Life) at age 19 during the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year in college. I wrote another that evening in the moonlight. (A Reflecting Wave) It took me totally by surprise and I kept them to myself as I looked to see if i could find them in the library. I figured I had just remembered it from somewhere. I hadn't. I have written a couple of hundred since then. The majority of them for my wife. She has let me post a few. I have a daughter and 3 step-daughters, and 4 beautiful grandchildren (3 girls and a boy) and one on the way. There are many sources of poetic inspiration in my life. Fortunately for me, most are positive, though I have known my share heartache and there will be poems that reflect that. I look forward to the interaction with others who have discovered the joy of putting the musings of their hearts into words. more…

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