Analysis of Lullaby.
Horace Smith 1836 (London) – 1922
Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep!
Evening is coming, and night is nigh;
Under the lattice the little birds cheep,
All will be sleeping by and by.
Sleep, little baby, sleep.
Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep!
Darkness is creeping along the sky;
Stars at the casement glimmer and peep,
Slowly the moon comes sailing by.
Sleep, little baby, sleep.
Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep!
Sleep till the dawning has dappled the sky;
Under the lattice the little birds cheep,
All will be waking by and by.
Sleep, little baby, sleep.
| Scheme | AbAbA AbabA AbAbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010111 101100111 1001001011 11110101 110101 11010111 101100101 11011001 10011101 110101 11010111 110101101 1001001011 11110101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 530 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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