Analysis of Christmas Even
Mathilde Blind 1841 (Mannheim) – 1896 (London)
Alone--with one fair star for company,
The loveliest star among the hosts of night,
While the grey tide ebbs with the ebbing light--
I pace along the darkening wintry sea.
Now round the yule-log and the glittering tree
Twinkling with festive tapers, eyes as bright
Sparkle with Christmas joys and young delight,
As each one gathers to his family.
But I--a waif on earth where'er I roam--
Uprooted with life's bleeding hopes and fears
From that one heart that was my heart's sole home,
Feel the old pang pierce through the severing years,
And as I think upon the years to come
That fair star trembles through my falling tears.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDCDXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111111100 011010111 1011110101 11010100101 11011001001 10011010111 1011010101 1111011100 1101111011 0101110101 1111111111 10111101001 0111010111 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 633 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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