Analysis of The Cottager To Her Infant
William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)
THE days are cold, the nights are long,
The north-wind sings a doleful song;
Then hush again upon my breast;
All merry things are now at rest,
Save thee, my pretty Love!
The kitten sleeps upon the hearth,
The crickets long have ceased their mirth;
There's nothing stirring in the house
Save one 'wee', hungry, nibbling mouse,
Then why so busy thou?
Nay! start not at that sparkling light;
'Tis but the moon that shines so bright
On the window pane bedropped with rain:
Then, little Darling! sleep again,
And wake when it is day.
Scheme | AABBX XXCCX DDXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 01110101 11010111 11011111 111101 01010101 01011111 11010001 111101001 111101 11111101 11011111 10101111 11010101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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