Analysis of Cradle Song
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
FROM groves of spice,
O'er fields of rice,
Athwart the lotus-stream,
I bring for you,
Aglint with dew
A little lovely dream.
Sweet, shut your eyes,
The wild fire-fiies
Dance through the fairy neem;
From the poppy-bole
For you I stole
A little lovely dream.
Dear eyes, good-night,
In golden light
The stars around you gleam;
On you I press
With soft caress
A little lovely dream.
| Scheme | aabccB xabddB eebffB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 10111 010101 1111 111 010101 1111 01101 110101 10101 1111 010101 1111 0101 010111 1111 1101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 385 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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