This is an analysis of The Poor Boy’s Christmas by Ellis Parker Butler.
Observe, my child, this pretty scene,
And note the air of pleasure keen…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc X bX
- Stanza lengths: 8,1,2,
- Metre: 01110101 11010101 01010101 10110101 11010111 01011101 11010101 01010001 10 01010111 01000100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 11
Anaphora
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