Analysis of Sleeping at last
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
Sleeping at last, the trouble and tumult over,
Sleeping at last, the struggle and horror past,
Cold and white, out of sight of friend and of lover,
Sleeping at last.
No more a tired heart downcast or overcast,
No more pangs that wring or shifting fears that hover,
Sleeping at last in a dreamless sleep locked fast.
Fast asleep. Singing birds in their leafy cover
Cannot wake her, nor shake her the gusty blast.
Under the purple thyme and the purple clover
Sleeping at last.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel |
| Metre | 101101001010 10110100101 101111110110 1011 1101011110 111111101110 1011001111 101101011010 10101100101 100101001010 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 480 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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