Analysis of Cradle-Song For My Son Carl
Carl Michael Bellman 1740 (Stockholm) – 1795 (Stockholm)
Little Carl, sleep soft and sweet:
Thou'lt soon enough be waking;
Soon enough ill days thou'lt meet,
Their bitterness partaking.
Earth's an isle with grief o'ercast;
Breathe our best, death comes at last,
We but dust forsaking.
Once, where flowed a peaceful brook
Through a rye-field's stubble,
Stood a little boy to look
At himself; his double.
Sweet the picture was to see;
All at once it ceased to be;
Vanished like a bubble!
And thus it is with life, my pet,
And thus the years go flying;
Live we wisely, gaily, yet
There's no escape from dying.
Little Carl on this must muse
When the blossoms bright he views
On spring's bosom lying.
Slumber, little friend so wee;
Joy thy joy is bringing.
Clipped from paper thou shalt see
A sleigh, and horses springing;
Then a house of cards so tall
We will build and see it fall,
And little songs be singing.
| Scheme | ABABAXB CDCDEED FBFBGGB EBEBHHB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 1101110 1011111 11001 111111 11011111 111010 1110101 101110 1010111 101110 1010111 1111111 101010 01111111 0101110 1110101 1101110 1011111 1010111 111010 1010111 111110 1110111 0101010 1011111 1110111 0101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 831 |
| Words | 156 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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