Analysis of Lullaby
DAY has fled to the west afar,
Where no shadows or sorrows are;
O'er earth's radiant western rim
God has gathered the day to him.
Hush! the river of night is here,
Flowing silently, cool and clear,
With its mystical thoughts that throng
And its silences deep as song.
Babe of my bosom, sleep;
Tender, sweet blossom, sleep!
Hearts may ache
While the long hours go creeping;
Hearts may break
While my baby is sleeping;
Never wake,
Though thy mother is weeping;
Babe of my bosom, sleep!
Sleep! the silence is all around,
Save the sighings that are not sound,
Where the wind in the branches weaves
Mystic melodies through the leaves;
Or the far-away murmurings
Like the stir of an angel's wings.
Only night is about us now—
Child, the earth is as tired as thou.
Babe of my bosom, sleep;
Tender, sweet blossom, sleep!
Hearts may ache
While the long hours go creeping,
Hearts may break
While my baby is sleeping:
Never wake.
Though thy mother is weeping;
Babe of my bosom, sleep!
Scheme | aabbxxccDDEFEFEFDgghhhxii DDEFEFEFD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1111101 101100101 11100111 10101111 10100101 11100111 01100111 111101 101101 111 10110110 111 1110110 101 1110110 111101 10101101 1011111 10100101 10100101 101011 1011111 10110111 101111011 111101 101101 111 10110110 111 1110110 101 1110110 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,058 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 25, 9 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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