Analysis of By Night when Others Soundly Slept

Anne Bradstreet 1612 (Northampton) – 1672 (Andover)



.      By night when others soundly slept
     And hath at once both ease and Rest,
     My waking eyes were open kept
     And so to lie I found it best.

.
     I sought him whom my Soul did Love,
     With tears I sought him earnestly.
     He bow'd his ear down from Above.
     In vain I did not seek or cry.
.

My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good;
   He in his Bottle put my tears,
   My smarting wounds washt in his blood,
   And banisht thence my Doubts and fears.

.
   What to my Saviour shall I give
   Who freely hath done this for me?
   I'll serve him here whilst I shall live
   And Loue him to Eternity


Scheme ABAB CDCX XXXX XDXD
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 01111101 11010101 01111111 1 11111111 11111100 11111101 01111111 1 11011111 10110111 11011011 0111101 1 1111111 11011111 11111111 01110100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 620
Words 114
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 5
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Anne Bradstreet

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