Analysis of So, so, rock-a-by so!
Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)
So, so, rock-a-by so!
Off to the garden where dreamikins grow;
And here is a kiss on your winkyblink eyes,
And here is a kiss on your dimpledown cheek
And here is a kiss for the treasure that lies
In the beautiful garden way up in the skies
Which you seek.
Now mind these three kisses wherever you go -
So, so, rock-a-by so!
There's one little fumfay who lives there, I know,
For he dances all night where the dreamikins grow;
I send him this kiss on your droopydrop eyes,
I send him this kiss on your rosyred cheek.
And here is a kiss for the dream that shall rise
When the fumfay shall dance in those far-away skies
Which you seek.
Be sure that you pay those three kisses you owe -
So, so, rock-a-by so!
And, by-low, as you rock-a-by go,
Don't forget mother who loveth you so!
And here is her kiss on your weepydeep eyes,
And here is her kiss on your peachypink cheek,
And here is her kiss for the dreamland that lies
Like a babe on the breast of those far-away skies
Which you seek -
The blinkywink garden where dreamikins grow -
So, so, rock-a-by so!
Scheme | AabcbbCaA aabcbbCaA aabcbbCaA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 11010111 011011111 011011111 01101101011 001001011001 111 11111001011 111011 1110111111 1110111011 111111111 111111111 01101101111 10111011011 111 11111111011 111011 011111011 101101111 011011111 011011111 0110110111 101101111011 111 0110111 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,036 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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