This is an analysis of The Christmas Tree by Madison Julius Cawein.
Christmas is just one week off,
And Old Santa's in the house;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX efefcdcX gcgcchcX ijijcdcd cgcgcdcX dgdgcdcX jbjbXhXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1001111 1110001 0010101 11011101 1011111 1011100 0111101 1100101 1001110 1010001 1010111 1111111 0011101 1110101 1111101 0111101 1110101 1111101 1110101 0010101 11111111 1011100 1011111 1111101 1010101 11111101 1111101 1011101 1101101 1010101 0001101 1011101 1110101 11101111 1111101 1010111 1011101 1110111 11110101 1001101 1110111 1110101 1101111 10100101 0010101 1010101 1010101 0010101 10011101 1010101 0110011 1011011 11101011 10111000 1011010 1110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56