Analysis of Silent, Silent Night
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
Silent, silent night,
Quench the holy light
Of thy torches bright;
For possessed of Day
Thousand spirits stray
That sweet joys betray.
Why should joys be sweet
Used with deceit,
Nor with sorrows meet?
But an honest joy
Does itself destroy
For a harlot coy.
| Scheme | AAA BBB CCC DDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triplet |
| Metre | 10101 10101 11101 10111 10101 11101 11111 1101 11101 11101 10101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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