St. Nicholas. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBACDD AAEFDDGG HHIIAAAA AAJJAAKK HHAAELL MCKKNNAA OOPPAAQQ CCRRAASS TT NNUUAA CCUUVVWW| In the far off Polar seas | A |
| Far beyond the Hebrides | A |
| Where the icebergs towering high | B |
| Seem to pierce the wintry sky | B |
| And the fur clad Esquimaux | A |
| Glides in sledges o'er the snow | C |
| Dwells St Nick the merry wight | D |
| Patron saint of Christmas night | D |
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| Solid walls of massive ice | A |
| Bearing many a quaint device | A |
| Flanked by graceful turrets twain | E |
| Clear as clearest porcelain | F |
| Bearing at a lofty height | D |
| Christ's pure cross in simple white | D |
| Carven with surpassing art | G |
| From an iceberg's crystal heart | G |
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| Here St Nick in royal state | H |
| Dwells until December late | H |
| Clips the days at either end | I |
| And the nights at each extend | I |
| Then with his attendant sprites | A |
| Scours the earth on wintry nights | A |
| Bringing home in well filled hands | A |
| Children's gifts from many lands | A |
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| Here are whistles tops and toys | A |
| Meant to gladden little boys | A |
| Skates and sleds that soon will glide | J |
| O'er the ice or steep hill side | J |
| Here are dolls with flaxen curls | A |
| Sure to charm the little girls | A |
| Christmas books with pictures gay | K |
| For this welcome holiday | K |
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| In the court the reindeer wait | H |
| Filled the sledge with costly freight | H |
| As the first faint shadow falls | A |
| Promptly from his icy halls | A |
| Steps St Nick and grasps the rein | E |
| And afar in measured time | L |
| Sounds the sleigh bells' silver chime | L |
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| Like an arrow from the bow | M |
| Speed the reindeer o'er the snow | C |
| Onward Now the loaded sleigh | K |
| Skirts the shores of Hudson's Bay | K |
| Onward till the stunted tree | N |
| Gains a loftier majesty | N |
| And the curling smoke wreaths rise | A |
| Under less inclement skies | A |
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| Built upon a hill side steep | O |
| Lies a city wrapt in sleep | O |
| Up and down the lonely street | P |
| Sleepy watchmen pace their beat | P |
| Little heeds them Santa Claus | A |
| Not for him are human laws | A |
| With a leap he leaves the ground | Q |
| Scales the chimney at a bound | Q |
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| Five small stockings hang below | C |
| Five small stockings in a row | C |
| From his pocket blithe St Nick | R |
| Fills the waiting stockings quick | R |
| Some with sweetmeats some with toys | A |
| Gifts for girls and gifts for boys | A |
| Mounts the chimney like a bird | S |
| And the bells are once more heard | S |
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| Santa Claus Good Christmas saint | T |
| In whose heart no selfish taint | T |
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| Findeth place some homes there be | N |
| Where no stockings wait for thee | N |
| Homes where sad young faces wear | U |
| Painful marks of Want and Care | U |
| And the Christmas morning brings | A |
| No fair hope of better things | A |
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| Can you not some crumbs bestow | C |
| On these Children steeped in woe | C |
| Steal a single look of care | U |
| Which their sad young faces wear | U |
| From your overflowing store | V |
| Give to them whose hearts are sore | V |
| No sad eyes should greet the morn | W |
| When the infant Christ was born | W |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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