Analysis of Orkney Lullaby
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
A moonbeam floateth from the skies,
Whispering, "Heigho, my dearie!
I would spin a web before your eyes,--
A beautiful web of silver light,
Wherein is many a wondrous sight
Of a radiant garden leagues away,
Where the softly tinkling lilies sway,
And the snow-white lambkins are at play,--
Heigho, my dearie!"
A brownie stealeth from the vine
Singing, "Heigho, my dearie!
And will you hear this song of mine,--
A song of the land of murk and mist
Where bideth the bud the dew hath kist?
Then let the moonbeam's web of light
Be spun before thee silvery white,
And I shall sing the livelong night,--
Heigho, my dearie!"
The night wind speedeth from the sea,
Murmuring, "Heigho, my dearie!
I bring a mariner's prayer for thee;
So let the moonbeam veil thine eyes,
And the brownie sing thee lullabies;
But I shall rock thee to and fro,
Kissing the brow he loveth so,
And the prayer shall guard thy bed, I trow,--
Heigho, my dearie!"
Scheme | abaccdddB ebeffcccB gbgaabxbB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 100111 111010111 010011101 011100101 1010010101 1010100101 00111111 111 0101101 10111 01111111 011011101 11010111 1101111 110111001 0111011 111 0111101 100111 1101111 1101111 00101110 11111101 1001111 001111111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 924 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 236 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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