Analysis of A Song
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Sweet dreams, form a shade
O'er my lovely infant's head!
Sweet dreams of pleasant streams
By happy, silent, moony beams!
Sweet Sleep, with soft down
Weave thy brows an infant crown
Sweet Sleep, angel mild,
Hover o'er my happy child!
Sweet smiles, in the night
Hover over my delight!
Sweet smiles, mother's smile,
All the livelong night beguile.
Sweet moans, dovelike sighs,
Chase not slumber from thine eyes!
Sweet moan, sweeter smile,
All the dovelike moans beguile.
Sleep, sleep, happy child!
All creation slept and smiled.
Sleep, sleep, happy sleep,
While o'er thee doth mother weep.
Sweet babe, in thy face
Holy image I can trace;
Sweet babe, once like thee
Thy Maker lay, and wept for me:
Wept for me, for thee, for all,
When He was an infant small.
Thou His image ever see,
Heavenly face that smiles on thee!
Smiles on thee, on me, on all,
Who became an infant small;
Infant smiles are his own smiles;
Heaven and earth to peace beguiles.
Scheme | XXAA BBCC DDEE FFEE CCGG HHII JJII JJXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 11101 10110101 111101 1101011 11111 1111101 11101 10101101 11001 1010101 11101 101101 1111 1110111 11101 101101 11101 1010101 11101 11011101 11011 1010111 11111 11010111 1111111 1111101 1110101 10011111 1111111 1011101 1011111 1001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 958 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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