The Warmth of the Narrator's Excitement

*This simile, "my hart as a spitfire," highlights the intense warmth and excitement the narrator feels about Christmas, using the image of a burning coal to convey the depth of their emotion. The rhetorical device of anaphora, seen in the repetition of "as welcome as," emphasizes the narrator's heartfelt welcome of Christmas with the comparisons to a glancing star in the sky and a soaring dove, reinforcing the joy and beauty they find in the holiday's traditions.

Þis simile, "mine hert as a spitfire," hæhligðþ þa intense warmpþ and eacswinc þe se narratora fæleð be Cristes mæssan, using ða image of a burning coal to convey ða deopnes of heora emōtīon. Þe rhetorical gewyrht of anaphora, gesewen in ðære æfrecu folde of "as welcome as," hæfþ æmblēowne þæt se narratora's heorðfæstlice wilcuma for Cristes mæssan mid ðam gemǣnullodon to a glancing steorra on ðam hēah and a soaring dufe, reaforceþ þone blisse and fægernes þe hi findað in ðan haligdon's traditionum.