Analysis of The Beautiful Land Of Nod
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sailing away from here
To the beautiful land of Nod.
Away from life’s hurry, and flurry, and worry,
Away from earth’s shadows and gloom,
To a world of fair weather we’ll float off together
Where the roses are always in bloom.
Just shut up your eyes, and fold your hands,
Your hands like the leaves of a rose,
And we will go sailing to those fair lands
That an atlas never shows.
On the North and the West they are bounded by rest,
On the South and the East by dreams;
‘Tis the country ideal, where nothing is real,
But everything only seems.
Just dropp down the curtains of your dear eyes,
Those eyes like a bright blue-bell,
And we will sail out under starlit skies
To the land where the fairies dwell.
Down the river of sleep our barque shall sweep,
Till it reaches the mystical isle
Which no man has seen, but where all have been,
And there we will pause for awhile.
I will croon you a song as we float along,
To that shore that is blessed of God,
Then ho! for that fair land, we’re off for that rare land,
That beautiful Land of Nod.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 1110101 0111100111 10100111 011110010010 0111101 1011110111010 10101101 111110111 11101101 0111101111 1110101 101001111011 10100111 10100111011 110101 1110101111 1110111 0111110101 10110101 10101110111 111001001 1111111111 01111101 11110111101 11111111 111111011111 1100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,150 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 12 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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