Analysis of Cradle Song
Thomas Dekker 1572 – 1632
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you,
You are care, and care must keep you ;
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby,
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
| Scheme | aaBBBccBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 101111 1011111 1101111 0111010 111110 1110111 11101111 1101111 0111010 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 245 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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