Analysis of Lullaby
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
SLEEP, sleep, my treasure,
The long day's pleasure
Has tired the birds, to their nests they creep;
The garden still is
Alight with lilies,
But all the daisies are fast asleep.
Sleep, sleep, my darling,
Dawn wakes the starling,
The sparrow stirs when he sees day break;
But all the meadow
Is wrapped in shadow,
And you must sleep till the daisies wake!
Scheme | AABXXB CCDEED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 01110 1100111111 01011 01110 110101101 11110 11010 010111111 1101 1101 011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 359 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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