Analysis of Noel
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
I sang a song upon Christmas day
And the feet of many going one way,
The word the golden voice did say:
Gloria in Excelsis!
The air was filled with snowflakes white,
And the singing stars danced in their flight,
Sweet the song they sang in the night,
Et in terra pax!
Good singing folk, where is there peace,
And for the broken heart heartsease?
They chant: Come hither upon your knees,
Venite ad Bethlehem!
For now the Prince of Peace is born;
For the full heart and the heart forlorn
He signs His Peace upon Christmas Morn:
Adeste Fidelis!
| Scheme | AAAB CCCB BBBX DDDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101101 0011101011 01010111 10001 0111111 001011011 10111001 10101 11011111 0101011 111100111 1110 11011111 101100101 111101101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 534 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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