Analysis of Her Light
Marcus Holley 1992 (London)
It was boxing day morning
When the light through my window shone my eyes awake
And the vivid dreams from yesterday
Worked wonders with my memory.
Father Christmas: Santa.
I’m sure I saw him, truly
In the eyes of my darling child
Those eyes which now are so much older than before.
Reindeer’s hooves and jingles,
Shimmered in my ears
Those ears which now hear bells ring
Whenever that she tells me.
And snow dropped down upon my tongue
As it fell to earth from heaven
The heaven I believe in
When she tells me that it’s real.
And when she tells me how she feels
The whole world is redundant
Her light shines everything away
As a sun on a horizon
And her happiness is all I need
And her sadness breaks my heart
And her tears are made of diamonds
And her smile is miles apart.
And she gets brighter every day
And every time I see her.
On Christmas and on Boxing day,
Her light might never leave her.
Scheme | A X B C X C X X X X A C X D X X X X B D X E X E B F B F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110 101111011101 00101110 11011100 101010 1111110 00111101 111111110101 11010 10011 1111111 0101111 01110111 11111110 0101010 1111111 01111111 0111010 0111001 10110010 001001111 0010111 00111110 0011101 011101001 01001110 11001101 0111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 938 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 28 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
I wrote this for my niece, baby Alice.
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Written on 2022
Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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