Analysis of Love Came Down at Christmas
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and angels gave the sign.
Worship we the Godhead,
Love incarnate, love divine;
Worship we our Jesus:
But wherewith for sacred sign?
Love shall be our token,
Love shall be yours and love be mine,
Love to God and to all men,
Love for plea and gift and sign.
| Scheme | ABAB XBAB XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111110 1110101 111110 1010101 10101 1010101 1011010 111101 1111010 11110111 1110111 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 344 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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