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.
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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 |
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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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