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
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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John Fletcher

John William Fletcher was an Australian politician. more…

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