Analysis of A Christmas Carol
Christina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
The Shepherds had an Angel,
The Wise Men had a star,
But what have I, a little child,
To guide me home from far,
Where glad stars sing together
And singing angels are?
Those Shepherds through the lonely night
Sat watching by their sheep,
Until they saw the heavenly host
Who neither tire nor sleep,
All singing “Glory, glory,”
In festival they keep.
The Wise Men left their country
To journey morn by morn,
With gold and frankincense and myrrh,
Because the Lord was born:
God sent a star to guide them
And sent a dream to warn.
My life is like their journey,
Their star is like God’s book;
I must be like those good Wise Men
With heavenward heart and look:
But shall I give no gifts to God?—
What precious gifts they took!
Scheme | XAXABA XCXCDC DEBEXE DFXFXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110 011101 11110101 111111 1111010 010101 11010101 110111 011101001 1101011 1101010 010011 0111110 110111 1101001 010111 1101111 010111 1111110 111111 11111111 11101 11111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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