Analysis of Holy Innocents
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Sleep, little Baby, sleep,
The holy Angels love thee,
And guard thy bed, and keep
A blessed watch above thee.
No spirit can come near
Nor evil beast to harm thee:
Sleep, Sweet, devoid of fear
Where nothing need alarm thee.
The Love which doth not sleep,
The eternal arms around thee:
The shepherd of the sheep
In perfect love has found thee.
Sleep through the holy night,
Christ-kept from snare and sorrow,
Until thou wake to light
And love and warmth to-morrow.
Scheme | ABABCBCB ABABDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 0101011 011101 011011 110111 1101111 110111 1101011 011111 00101011 010101 0011111 110101 1111010 011111 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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