This is an analysis of For Christmas Day by Charles Wesley.
Hark, how all the welkin rings,
"Glory to the King of kings;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX aacX bbdd cXee ffaa ccgg ddbb Xehh ffii hhjj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1110101 10000101 1111101 11101000 1011101 1010001 1010101 100101010 11101001 1010101 1010111 1100101 1010111 11010100 11101001 1011001 10100101 1010100 1110111 10010001 1110101 1111111 1010101 1010101 10100101 1011101 10101001 1010101 10111010 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110001 1010001 1011011 1111101 1010101 1011001 1010101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
born, now
Anaphora
christ, hail, born
