Analysis of Christmas Reflections
Anxiety that came to me
Affected Christmas too.
I often would not be real good
In showing feelings true.
I've never been quite happy when
Receiving Christmas gifts.
I rarely feel a Christmas zeal,
Which effort will not lift.
It might be due that I don't view
The gifts as coming from
Someone who cares and therefore shares
What friendship should become.
It also might be that I fight
Low self-esteem issues.
Some parts of life still cause me strife
Though none I ever choose!
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX ABXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 01001111 010101 11011111 010101 11011101 010101 11010101 110111 11111111 011101 111011 110101 11011111 110110 11111111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on December 14, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on December 14, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on December 14, 2023
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