Analysis of A Christmas Present
Give all the gift of time this year
To lonely old and young.
Please help them smile and dry a tear
With carols you have sung.
Invest concern for their welfare.
Give help to satisfy
Their need to know that someone cares
If they should live or die!
Feed hungry souls who need to find
The banquet food of God
And living water of the mind
For those whose faith will plod.
Take time to be a friend so they
Will not be so alone.
Provide the hope they need each day,
Because of love you've shown!
Scheme | XABA BCXC DEDE FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011111 110101 11110101 110111 0101111 11110 1111111 111111 11011111 010111 01010101 111111 11110111 111101 01011111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
A gift of doing something.
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Written on December 15, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on December 15, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on December 15, 2023
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