Analysis of Christ's Christmas Chiasm



X marks the Gospel spot
He’s the chiasm of B.C. to A.D.
Like the Chi-rho symbol or ichthus fish
There’s no disrespect, says R.C.
X reminds us of Christ,
[The Star that’s shining bright]
It’s 1st Century shorthand communication
While under persecution it was their elocution
The 1st letter of His name Χριστός in Greek
Hear Him in His Word and His Speak
Was it Winter was it Spring
Was it Fall or another season
Whichever, He is the reason for reason
With angels bending, and the
Act of God condescending
Bringing peace to the Earth
This we rejoice in outside the inn
That X marks the spot of a King sized manger
The birth of our Savior
And our release from sin
The Rock that rolls away the stony heart of dearth, also
Is rolling back the curse


Scheme ABCDEFGGDDDGGHDIJKKJLM
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 1011111 101110111 110111 101111 011101 1110010010 110010111010 011011101 11011011 1110111 111101010 01011010110 1101000 111010 101101 110101101 11101101110 0111010 0100111 01110101011110 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 761
Words 148
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 582
Words per stanza (avg) 139

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It's about Christ's birth. The First Century Christian communication methods while under persecution, and Xmas

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Written on December 08, 2023

Submitted by Bahnscott on December 11, 2023

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