This is an analysis of Christmas Hymn by Edith Nesbit.
O CHRIST, born on the holy day,
I have no gift to give my King;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb bcbc cece fgfg hghg haha dddd ibib
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 11110111 110111101 11111101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11110101 11110111 11111101 11010001 11010101 111100101 110010101 111100001 01000101 11101110 01111101 01010001 01000111 11110111 11110101 11011101 01010011 11111111 11111111 11111101 01010111 111110101 11011101 11111101 110100111 11011111 11010110 01001101 11110101 11111111 110101111 11011101 11001111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
no, of, thy, and, i
Anaphora
who, how, the
