Analysis of When Christmas Comes
Libbie C. Baer 1849 (Bethel, Ohio) – 1929 (Bethel, Ohio)
(Harry.)
When Christmas comes my brother Fred
And I are each to have a sled,
So papa says. To all good boys
Old Santa brings both books and toys,
When Christmas comes.
(Paul.)
I know my mother is too poor,
To buy us toys, but I am sure
She’ll have for us some nice warm caps,
Some mittens, and some shoes, perhaps,
When Christmas comes.
(James.)
I wrote old Santa Claus to bring
To me a drum, and everything;
A train of cars to run by steam,
And all of which I think, and dream,
When Christmas comes.
(Willie.)
You greedy boy! You want it all;
I only want a top and ball;
I want what Santa Claus can spare
When other boys have had their share,
When Christmas comes.
(James.)
I only wrote old Santa Claus
To bring me all those things, because
I want to give away some toys,
To Paul, and other widows’ boys,
When Christmas comes.
(John.)
That’s right, my chum,
With fife and drum,
And singing tops we’ll make things hum;
Divide our toys with other boys,
And won’t we make a sight of noise,
When Christmas comes.
(All.)
When Christmas comes to you and me,
Bid every selfish thought to flee;
Unselfish hearts and deeds, and then,
“Peace on earth, good will to men,”
When Christmas comes
Scheme | abbccD exxffD GhhiiD aeejjD GkkccD xlllccD eaammD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 11011101 01111101 11011111 11011101 1101 1 11110111 11111111 11111111 11001101 1101 1 11110111 1101010 01111111 01111101 1101 10 11011111 11010101 11110111 11011111 1101 1 11011101 11111101 11110111 11010101 1101 1 1111 1101 01011111 011011101 01110111 1101 1 11011101 110010111 110101 1111111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,382 |
Words | 231 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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