Analysis of Christmas eve
Christmas Eve
The children lay in bed this special night
Holding their breath with eyes closed tight
They know the magic won't be right
If they are found awake after midnight
Shhh, at last they hear a sound
Tinkering bells in the background
Do they dare open their eyes
And peep out at the dark skies
Will they only see the snow
Or is Santa parked across the road
They hear a creak, is it the door
Or is it the cat creeping across the floor
No this time they know for sure
It definitely was the bedroom door
Not one child dares to breathe
Or make a sound in bed this eve
They knew it was he creeping across the floor
Even quieter than the year before
Will he leave me a doll's house
Some toy soldiers and a sugar mouse
There's a lot of rattling, a creak, a groan
Now he's finally leaving our home
We wait in bed for what seems like hours
Until we're sure the house is ours
Then we are all out of bed
Feeling around to see what's been left
Our sacks are full, O what joy
We have been good girls and boys
We feel around and shake each one
To us Christmas day has begun
But suddenly out of the dark
GET BACK TO BED! The grown-ups bark.
by julie lineker
Scheme | ABBBBCCDDEFGGHGIAGGJJKLMMNOPQRRSSG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 0101011101 10111111 11010111 111101101 1111101 1001001 1111011 0111011 1110101 111010101 11011101 11101100101 1111111 110001011 111111 11010111 11111100101 1010010101 1111011 111000101 1011100101 1110010101 1101111110 011101110 1111111 100111111 10111111 1111101 11010111 11101101 11001101 11110111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,180 |
Words | 262 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 906 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 230 |
About this poem
The most magical night of the year
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Written on January 12, 2000
Submitted by J.lineker on November 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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