Analysis of When Christ was Born
When Christ was Born
And bells were ringing
On Christmas morn
And children singing
To church we will go
To praise His name
With faces aglow
And children singing
| Scheme | abaB cxcB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111 01010 1101 01010 11111 1111 11001 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 158 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
I wrote thi s as a 5th grade English Ass. It is about Christmas
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Written on November 26, 1966
Submitted by jerryabrahamson73 on September 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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