Analysis of Christmas Fragments



The fragments from my Christmases
Of childhood memories,
Are rare and weak which to me says
They weren't the kind that please!

Somehow, I pushed away most thoughts
Of what my parents did
Or didn't do through years with lots
Of love they often hid.

The same is true of siblings who
Were also sort of there,
But I can't say on Christmas day,
Their presents showed they cared.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 01011100 11100 11011111 1100111 1110111 111101 11011111 111101 01111101 010111 11111101 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 375
Words 76
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Childhood and teen years during Christmas

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Written on December 04, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on December 04, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on December 04, 2023

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