This is an analysis of Santa Claus by Madison Julius Cawein.
When my mother is n't here,
And I just won't go to bed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccdD efefdddd bbbbdddd dgdgaadd hghgiidd XjhjeedD
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1110011 1111101 1011111 1010101 11010111 1111111 1010111 1111101 1110101 1111101 1100111 1010111 1011111 1110111 1111101 1111101 1010001 1111100 1111111 0110101 1000111 1011111 1110101 1110101 0010101 1110101 1111101 1011101 1011101 10010101 0111111 0010101 1110101 1110101 1101111 1110111 1010001 0111111 0010101 1011101 1111100 1111101 1011111 1011111 1010111 10101111 1010110 1111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, his, i
Anaphora
and
