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Syllabic verse. Syllabic verse is a poetic form having a fixed or constrained number of syllables per line, while stress, quantity, or tone play a distinctly secondary role—or no role at all—in the verse structure. It is common in languages that are syllable-timed, such as French or Finnish, as opposed to stress-timed languages such as ...
The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
Common metre. Common metre or common measure[1] —abbreviated as C. M. or CM —is a poetic metre consisting of four lines that alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line), with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The metre is ...
It is mentioned on a BBC-Devon website, in an account which places Geismar in Bavaria, [39] and in a number of educational books, including St. Boniface and the Little Fir Tree, [40] The Brightest Star of All: Christmas Stories for the Family, [41] The American normal readers, [42] and a short story by Henry van Dyke, "The First Christmas Tree ...
Frost at Midnight. Frost at Midnight is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in February 1798. Part of the conversation poems, the poem discusses Coleridge's childhood experience in a negative manner and emphasizes the need to be raised in the countryside. The poem expresses hope that Coleridge's son, Hartley, would be able to experience ...
Anonymous broadside, Angus, Newcastle, 1774–1825. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics.
George Ratcliffe Woodward. " Ding Dong Merrily on High " is a Christmas carol. The tune first appeared as a secular dance tune known under the title " Branle de l'Official" [1][2] in Orchésographie, a dance book written by the French cleric, composer and writer Thoinot Arbeau, pen name of Jehan Tabourot (1519–1593).
The original words as published in “The Spiritual Magazine” in August 1761. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (also known as Apple Tree and, in its early publications, as Christ Compared to an Apple-tree) is a poem, possibly intended for use as a carol, written in the 18th century. It has been set to music by a number of composers, including ...