This is an analysis of Santa Claus by Fred Emerson Brooks.
I am that mythical, mystical thing-
The little one's monarch, the children's king!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffbbXGDDDGX gghhffiiffddbbgGDDDGX jjggddddhhccbbXGDDDGX ddcchhhhffaaXGDDDGX
- Stanza lengths: 21,21,21,19,
- Metre: 1111001001 0101110101 0100101111 10101001001 0101100101 1100110101 11011010101 01001011001 1110100101 11001101001 11011011001 11101011001 11001001101 111110010111 101 111 101 101 101 111 101 01001111001 11001001111 11001011101 11001011011 11011011011 101001001011 01001011001 10100100101 11001101011 101011001001 101001101111 001101001001 11011111101 101101001101 101 111 101 101 101 111 101 11111011001 1101001101 01001101101 11011001001 110011011001 11101011101 11101001001 01011101001 11101001011 11001001111 11011101101 0101101101 101101011011 01101001011 101 111 101 101 101 111 101 01011011101 11001001001 11101101011 1101110101 01011101011 11001011101 01001101101 01001001001 11001001001 11101011001 11101001011 111111101011 101 111 101 101 101 111 101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 82
Repeated words/phrases
and, santa, claus, of, my
Anaphora
the, santa, 'an, there
Epiphora
claus
