Analysis of The Kid Around The Corner
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
There's a kid around the corner
Who is filled with half-formed fears;
He is growing rather wistful
As the Christmas season nears;
For a hint has reached him lately
That has made him wonder greatly
If the jovial old Santa
Is as kind as he appears.
But the kid around the corner
Has strong faith in Santa Claus
Notwithstanding dread depression
And all economic laws.
Could we run this sad old earth right
Such a faith were all youth's birthright.
If you asked him why he holds it
He would answer 'Just because.'
There's a kid around the corner
Who will wake on Christmas morn
With his faith renewed in goodness,
Or, incredulous, forlorn,
With a child's trust sadly shaken . . .
Then how would we have him waken
In whose hands rests the miracle
Of Santa Claus reborn?
Scheme | Abcbddxb aefeggxe Ahxhffch |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 1111111 11101010 1010101 10111110 11111010 10100110 1111101 10101010 1110101 0101010 010101 11111111 1010111 11111111 1110101 10101010 1111101 11101010 1010001 10111010 11111110 01110100 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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