Analysis of Reverie At Christmas in L.A.
In the corner of Third and Vermont,
A saintly-old lady was giving everyone
Walking by her, a green and white little
Candy cane and a card that says,
"God loves you! Have a Merry Christmas!"
I brought mine--home and gave the candy to
Michele; the card I placed beside the
Pillow of my sleeping three-year old
Marites, while whispering to her "the words."
She smiled, as though she heard me just fine.
And the music of my people played in my
Heart, even as my wife played softly
Mel Torme's. And then, my mind flew--
Like a jet across the vast expanse of the
Pacific Ocean--to my Nanay and Tatay.
Suddenly, I heard my child saying,
"I love my Daddy, very much!" Smiling
In disbelief, I looked at her...and then,
Out the window--up in the sky so blue,
I saw the divine face of God, smiling, too.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLFGAMMNFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 001011001 01011011010 1010010110 10100111 111101010 1111010101 010111010 101110111 111001001 111111111 00101110101 110111110 1101111 10101010110 0101011101 100111110 1111010110 00111111 1010100111 11001111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 602 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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