Analysis of Swing open wide the stable door
Swing open wide the stable door.
Come with me now and look down in awe,
as into the manger we gaze,
lost in wonder, love and praise.
God, a baby! How can this be?
The Immortal clothed in mortality.
Almighty God, the Son of Man!
The Infinite contracted to a span.
| Scheme | XXAA BBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010101 111101101 10101011 1010101 10101111 0010100100 01010111 0100100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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