This Christmas That's My Wish by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem This Christmas That's My Wish that begins with:

And I think of Christmas,
Through the year....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDX DEDF AgDD Xddb AgDD ABCBDX DEDFXae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 101 0101 1101 10101 11001 10111111 110101 11000111 111101 0010 1010101 111101 10100100 111010111 111101 11010101 0100101 0010 11010101 111101 10100100 111010 101 0101 1101 10101 11001 10111111 110101 11000111 111101 010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of This Christmas That's My Wish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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