Stave 5

• “I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody!”


  1. Juxtaposition - juxtaposes Stave 1 where Scrooge says “Bah humbug!” to anyone who wishes him a merry Christmas. This shows his transformation
  2. Similes - helps emphasise his joy for Christmas
  3. Anaphora (?) - exaggerates how happy Scrooge is after the 3 spirits
• "And therefore I am about to raise your salary!"


  1. Juxtaposition - once more juxtaposes Stave 1 Scrooge where he didn't let Bob Cratchit add coal to the fireplace and that "darkness was cheap"
  2. At the end of the story, on 26th of December
• Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father.


  1. Semicolon - (adds information)
  2. Adverb “infinitely" - never ending
  3. Metaphor - "infinitely more" could suggest that future generations will continue to spread love and joy during Christmas. Helps Dickens with making bosses pay their workers more
• “Not a farthing less. A great many back-payments are included in it, I assure you. Will you do me that favour?”


  1. Farthing - the least possible amount
  2. Said to charity men
  3. Interrogative sentence - in a kind way