Analysis of JOLLY OLD ST. NICK
Santa Dropped Into The Store
Just The Other Day
To Spread His Yuletide Cheer --
And Check Out Our Display !
His Suit Was Red ; Trimmed in White
With Big Black Boots ; What a Wonderful Sight
And He Made Us Laugh ; Much to His Delight !
He Wanted Books For Kids & All
To Brighten Up Their Day !
He Said if We Would Just Comply
And Make His Wish Come True....
So To The Brim We Filled His Bag
With Books & Goodies Too !
Jumping Out of His Bag ; Was A Marvelous Sight
Little Green Elves & Some Fairys Too !
They did a Litte Jig, A Dance, & A Song,
And Penny, the Boston Terrier, Sang Along
We Were Ever So Happy With Their Merry Song
They Sprinkled Their Dust & All Was Fine
Then Trimmed The Tree in Record Time
Hung A Little Holly & Bowed to Say:
" We'll See You On Christmas Day " !
They Spun Around & Clicked Their Heels
And Before our Eyes They Disappeared !
Then Just As Santa ..........Went Upon His Way
He Tweaked His Nose & Turned To Say :
"A Mistletoe Mrs. Claus Would Hang Upon Your Entryway"
........ It Brings Good-Luck & Kisses Too !
........To Nice Little Kids & All of You !
We Heard the Jingle of The Bells
As Rudolph Led The Way
Up Thru The Chimney & Onto The Roof
All We Could Hear Were The Reindeer Hoofs !
Quick As A Wink ;They Were Gone in A Flash
They Had Many Stops & Much To Do !
So On A Cold Winter Nite; Just Out of The Blue
Don't Be Surprised If They Visit You
So Buy A Book & Bring A Smile
Upon Someone Today !
And Don't Forget in '96
" Jolly Old St. Nick "
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 10101 11111 0111001 1111101 1111101001 0111111101 1101111 110111 11111101 011111 11011111 11101 101111101001 1011111 110110101 010010100101 101011011101 11011111 11010011 101010111 1111101 1101111 001101101 1111010111 1111111 01010111011100 1111101 11101111 11010101 110101 110101001 11110011 1101101001 11101111 110110111101 110111101 1101101 01101 01010 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,528 |
Words | 315 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 41 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,088 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 350 |
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Santa Claus coming to visit Bluff Park rare Books ON BROADWAY IN LONG BEACH, CA
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