Analysis of His Gift
Twas three days before Christmas, and wasn't it sad,
Last minute shopping was driving me mad!
Who needs a present? What kind of gift?
My spirit was sagging, I needed a lift!
When what to my wondering soul did appear?
It wasn't a sleigh, it wasn't reindeer.
Instead of Santa – the "Jolly Old Elf",
My vision showed Jesus – The Savior Himself!
My spirit was lifted, my soul – it did soar!
My heart new the love of the Savior, for sure!
I learned a new way, a new reason to give,
It's not about presents, it's about how you live!
He came to this Earth, He followed the plan,
He gave us His life so we could understand.
This Christmas season, let's all learn anew.
We celebrate Christ and his gift just for you.
© Criss F. Rosenlof 12/22/2012
-It was just before Christmas 2012, and I was in a deep blue funk. Everywhere I turned people weretalking about buying this, or hoping to get thatfor Christmas. I was so tired of the commercializationof the celebration of the birth of the Savior, that I decided then and there I needed to write somethingto combat the greedy spirit that was so prevalent.This is what came out.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD XXXX XXEE DX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011001011 1101011011 110101111 11011011001 11111001101 110011101 0111001011 11011001001 11011011111 11101101011 11011011011 110110101111 1111111001 1111111101 1101011101 1101011111 111 1110110011001111011101011011101111011110101001010110101110101110111100101011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 1,139 |
| Words | 213 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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