Analysis of Christmas Day
Christina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
A baby is a harmless thing
And wins our hearts with one accord,
And Flower of Babies was their King,
Jesus Christ our Lord:
Lily of lilies He
Upon His Mother’s knee;
Rose of roses, soon to be
Crowned with thorns on leafless tree.
A lamb is innocent and mild
And merry on the soft green sod;
And Jesus Christ, the Undefiled,
Is the Lamb of God:
Only spotless He
Upon His Mother’s knee;
White and ruddy, soon to be
Sacrificed for you and me.
Nay, lamb is not so sweet a word,
Nor lily half so pure a name;
Another name our hearts hath stirred,
Kindling them to flame:
“Jesus” certainly
Is music and melody:
Heart with heart in harmony
Carol we and worship we.
Scheme | ababcCcc xdbdcCcc efefcccc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 011011101 010110111 101101 101101 011101 1110111 1111101 01110001 01010111 010101 10111 10101 011101 1010111 101101 11111101 11011101 010110111 10111 10100 1100100 1110100 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 672 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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