Analysis of Through The Eyes of a Child (Poem #357)



Do you remember when you
       were just a child,
How you looked forward to Christmas
      and that it took such a long while?

And do you remember when you came
       into the room,
The Christmas tree that greeted you and packages
      you couldn't open too soon?

Let's all remember this Christmas with
      the glow of a child's face
And share the joy with others
      without a moments haste.

© copyright 2000 by Jean E. Gorney


Scheme XXXX XXXX XXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 0101 11110110 01111011 011010111 0101 010111010100 1101011 110101101 011011 0101110 010101 1011110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 425
Words 75
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on August 24, 2017

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Jean Gorney

I wrote a poem for my daughter and new son-in-law and read it at their wedding reception in 1997. People have been encouraging me ever since. I try to write up-beat and happy poetry. My poetry has been in many anthologies, newspapers, church bulletins,etc. I won a small contest once. I self-published some small(4x5)books with about 16 poems in each that can be used as greeting cards. I include an envelope for mailing. Check them out on my FB page under Jean Magill Gorney. more…

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