Analysis of CHRISTMAS ODE 2015
GREETINGS From Our Humble Abode, Our Petite Retreat,
Surfside Cottage, Almost 100 YRS. Old. Outside its CHEERY,
White & Bright & Greek Revival Too, Surrounded by Red
Berries of Pyracantha. But DO Not PICK, Because They’ll
Prick, With Long Thorns Well Hidden Too. Christmas LITES
BLINK Off & On Around the Balconies, & If You Look Across
the Street Long Beach Art Museum You’ll See, Palms are
Swaying To & Fro & El Nino’s On Its Way, But Come Inside
& You Will Find This House is Old & Cold & Dark & Dank
Sending Shivers Thru & Thru, With Shelfs Of Rare Books,
Mystery,& Fantasy Too. For 42 Yrs, Al & Joe HUDDLED
By The Hearth to Keep From Shivering. See The
Ghosts Of Christmas Past Float by Smiling Back At You,
LILY, FRENCH POODLE Would LikeTo Say,
Santa Claus is On His Way, So Be Of Good CHEER
Thruout the Year with Health & Happiness Too .
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101001100101 11011111110 111010101011 10111111011 11111101101 11101010011101 011110101111 10111101111101 1111111111 10101111111 1001001111110 10111110010 111011110111 10110111 101111111111 101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 912 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 644 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 162 |
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POEM ABOUT SURFSIDE COTTAGE ON OCEAN BLVD IN LONG BEACH
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