Analysis of The Snowman



When my life begins so way up high
And I float to you from the sky,
How can you tell it's really me
For only flakes of snow you see.

But after all has been turned white
And everywhere's a beautiful sight,
You slowly place the flakes together
Caring little of the bitter weather.

Until I'm built and all complete
From big top hat to snowy feet,
When life with you is such fun
Provided I don't see the sun.

But finally when winter's through
And the sun turns the day sky blue,
You'll watch me slowly melt away
Until no longer we can play.

Still please don't shed a tear for me
For I'll come back again you'll see,
And if Jack Frost comes with me too
I'll have more time to play with you.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH BBGG
Poetic Form
Metre 111011111 01111101 11111101 11011111 11011111 0101001 110101010 1010101010 01110101 11111101 1111111 01011101 11001101 00110111 11110101 01110111 11110111 11110111 01111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 689
Words 149
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

Written to my daughter 35yrs ago

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Written on November 30, 1986

Submitted by ReevO on November 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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