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When Christ was Born

Jerry L Abrahamson 1957 (Madison, SD)

Free verse
When Christ was Born
And bells were ringing
On Christmas morn
And children singing

To church we will go
To praise His name
With faces aglow
And children singing

About this poem

I wrote thi s as a 5th grade English Ass. It is about Christmas

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Written on November 26, 1966

Submitted by jerryabrahamson73 on September 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abaB cxcB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 158
Words 29
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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