Analysis of Christmas To Me
Michelle Ingram 1956 (Tennessee)
When I think of Christmas
And what it means to me
It has nothing to do with colored lights
Or even a Christmas tree
My mind goes back to long ago
To a rough and rugged cow stall
In which was born a little child
Who is the Savior of us all
I think of that little manger
And all it held inside
I think of the reason Jesus came
For He was born to die
I wonder just how Mary felt
When she looked on His precious face
And if she knew deep down inside
That one day He’d die in her place
I can sense just how the shepherds felt
As an angel appeared unto them
And told of the Savior’s wonderful birth
In a town called Bethlehem
I can see the wise men follow the star
That shone brightly from above
I can see them as they kneel down
While offering their gifts of love
It seems I can hear the flutter
Of a million angels’ wings
And hear the thunders roar with song
Of praise to our new born King
I can in no way tell it all
For it was the greatest day on earth
The day that Jesus came into the world
That we all might have new birth
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDXX EFDF EGHG XIXI CXXX BHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 111110 011111 1110111101 1100101 11111101 10101011 01110101 11010111 11111010 011101 111010101 111111 11011101 11111101 01111101 11111001 111110101 111001101 0110101001 001110 1110111001 1110101 11111111 11001111 11111010 1010101 01010111 11110111 11011111 111010111 0111010101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,042 |
Words | 228 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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What I feel about Christmas and it’s true meaning
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