Literary Analysis Of Christmas Song '

Orozco, Aaliyah

Mr.Wigglesworth

ELA B4

January-2016

Christmas Song Literary Analysis

Know this song...Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh? Well it was written by organist James Lord Piermont for a Thanksgiving program at a school church in Savannah, Georgia. O’re the things we go laughing all the way. Jingle Bells which is the name of this song, is one the most popular Christmas carol in the world. This song was first released in 1857 and published with the name One horse open sleigh. Jingle Bells was often used as a drinking song in Christmas parties, people used to jingle their cups with ice and sing along.

Jingle

bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way (2:1) is the most recognizable verse in this Christmas carol and is also a great example of onomatopoeia which is the creation of words that imitates any kind of sound like for example; Jingle which is the continuous sound the bells on the sleigh make when it's dashing happily through the snow. Author James Piermont did a great job by using this literary device to emphasize the amazing and joyful sounds of Christmas such as the jingle bells.

The second Literary device found in this song is called conflict which is when two opposing forces join to create a dramatic action such as, The story I must tell I went out on the snow, and on my back, I fell; a gent was riding by In a one-horse open sleigh , He laughed as there I sprawling lie, but quickly drove away (4:2-8). On this part of the song the protagonist runs up and tells the story of when he fell flat on his back and all of a sudden some man drove by and laughed at him.

The third literary device used in this song is imagery which could also be known as a mental image, like for instance Now the snow is white (5:1) is a great example of imagery. The author used this device to create a mental image of the beautiful white snow covering the ground

during Christmas.