Analysis of A Good Night
Francis Quarles 1592 (Romford) – 1644
Close now thine eyes and rest secure;
Thy soul is safe enough, thy body sure;
He that loves thee, He that keeps
And guards thee, never slumbers, never sleeps.
The smiling conscience in a sleeping breast
Has only peace, has only rest;
The music and the mirth of kings
Are all but very discords, when she sings;
Then close thine eyes and rest secure;
No sleep so sweet as thine, no rest so sure.
Scheme | AABBCCDDAA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 1111011101 1111111 011101101 0101000101 11011101 01000111 111101111 11110101 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 413 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 306 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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