Analysis of A Night of Long Ago
Not in a noisy inn, but in a quiet stable
was a Baby born,
not in a royal court but in stillness of thought
is truth welcomed in.
The shepherds saw the vision,
humility beheld the sign,
the herald of a birth,
foretold by prophets long ago,
God's promise-- love fulfilled.
A star, afar and lone traverses night,
on earth, Heaven's glory comes to sight.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001011001010 10101 100101101011 11100 0101010 0100101 010101 01110101 110101 01010111 111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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