Analysis of Baby Lies So Fast Asleep
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Baby lies so fast asleep
That we cannot wake her:
Will the angels clad in white
Fly from heaven to take her?
Baby lies so fast asleep
That no pain can grieve her;
Put a snowdrop in her hand,
Kiss her once and leave her.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 111010 1010101 1110110 1011101 111110 101001 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 227 |
Words | 47 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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