Analysis of Care-charming Sleep
Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes,
Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose
On this afflicted prince; fall like a cloud
In gentle showers; give nothing that is loud
Or painful to his slumbers; easy, sweet,
And as a purling stream, thou son of Night,
Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain,
Like hollow murmuring wind or silver rain;
Into this prince gently, oh gently slide,
And kiss him into slumbers like a bride.
Scheme | AABBCDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110111111 101110101 1101011101 01010110111 110111101 010111111 1111010111 11010011101 0111101101 011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 339 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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