Analysis of Chloe and the Snowman



On Christmas Eve, while snow fell down,
My Chloe walked through her small town
And loved the falling snow.

While in the park before the dark,
Sweet Chloe made where she had strayed

A happy snowman near a hill
Which gave sweet Chloe such a thrill
To build him very slow.

She looked to choose the things to use
When she began to build that man.

She added snow on snow 'till she
Had made a man of snow to be
A sentry who would not depart

His post because his Chloe was
Quite happy and all because
She made him with her heart!


Scheme AAB XX CCB XX DDE FFE
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 11011011 010101 10010101 11011111 0101101 11110101 111101 11110111 11011111 11011111 11011111 01011101 11011101 1100101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 527
Words 114
Sentences 4
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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A snow day for Chloe

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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on December 16, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on December 16, 2023

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Steve Cochrane

 · 1955 · Cape

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