Analysis of Holiday Wishes 2010



The glow of candles, lights, and fireplaces,
Expanding our joy in holiday spaces,
They kindle warmth, desire, and cheer,
Reminding us all of what we hold dear.

We live, we love, we try to remember,
What is it that charms us about December?
Is it the sunshine giving rebirth
Or is it the snow that blankets the earth?

Children will play often quite oblivious
To all the hubbub, even the frivolous.
Whatever your seasonal activities bring,
Let peace, love, and joy cause your souls to sing.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0111010100 01010101010 110101001 0101111111 1111111010 11111101010 11011001 1110111001 10111010100 11010100100 10110001001 1110111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 477
Words 86
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lena Smith Carter

Lena Smith Carter is an internationally traveled concert artist who has sung the poetry of the world in seven languages across America and around the world. She is a graduate of Central State University (OH) with a B. S. in Music Education, a graduate of Miami University (OH) with an M.Mus. in Performance and Repertory, and has studied for her doctorate at the Paris American Academy, Paris, France and The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Her international travels have taken her from Paris to New York as well as Porto Alegre, RS; Fortaleza, CE; Recife, PE; Joao Pessoa, PB: Natal, RN; Sergipe, AR; and Brasilia, DF, where she appeared at Casa Thomas Jefferson /The American Embassy. Her experiences in the northeast allowed her to use many Brazilian folk songs as both the land and the language are very close to the hearts of northeasterners. In the south of Brazil, where there are many foreign-born citizens who speak other languages natively, she used more German, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as Portuguese and English.In addition to her concert career and international travels, she is a teacher, parent, grandparent, publisher, editor, patent holder, philosopher and published poet and author. She has traveled to more than 15 different countries and has had more than thirty-five years experience in the creative arts and education. Her poetry is bold, original, colorful, and imaginative.Her written and published works include The Weight Management Diary, Axioms for Life/Work, Axioms for Life I, Axioms for Life II, Axioms for Life III, Poetic Universalisms I (hardback/paperback), Poetic Universalisms II, (hardback/paperback), 50 Reasons Why You Have/Have Not Arrived, Foreign Language Tips for Travelers (eBook), School Security Rewind (eBook), Writing Poetry: How to make yourself a Pro (eBook) and Jumpstarting Your Choir, Volume I. more…

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