Analysis of Christmas Morn
Libbie C. Baer 1849 (Bethel, Ohio) – 1929 (Bethel, Ohio)
How sad, how glad,
The Christmas morn!
Some say, “To-day
Dear Christ was born,
And hope and mirth
Flood all the earth;
Who would be sad
This Christmas morn.”
How glad, how sad,
The Christmas morn!
“To-day,” some say
Dear Christ was born,
But oh! He died;
Was crucified!
Who could be glad
This Christmas morn!
Or glad, or sad,
This Christmas morn,
To some will come
A joy new-born.
The fleeting breath
To some bring death,—
How glad, how sad
This Christmas morn.
Scheme | aBcBddaB ABcBeeaB aBxbffAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 0101 1111 1111 0101 1101 1111 1101 1111 0101 1111 1111 1111 110 1111 1101 1111 1101 1111 0111 0101 1111 1111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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