This is an analysis of Merry Christmas And Happy New Year! by Ellis Parker Butler.
Little cullud Rastus come a-skippin’ down de street,
A-smilin’ and a-grinnin’ at every one he meet;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 1010101010101 01010101100111 11111011111 101010110101 1010101100111 1111110110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
wishin
