Analysis of Good Night
Jane Taylor 1783 (London) – 1824
Little baby, lay your head
On your pretty cradle-bed;
Shut your eye-peeps, now the day
And the light are gone away;
All the clothes are tucked in tight;
Little baby dear, good night.
Yes, my darling, well I know
How the bitter wind doth blow;
And the winter's snow and rain
Patter on the window-pane:
But they cannot come in here,
To my little baby dear;
For the window shutteth fast,
Till the stormy night is past;
And the curtains warm are spread
Round about her cradle-bed:
So till morning shineth bright,
Little baby dear, good night.
Scheme | aabbcC ddeexx ffaacC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1110101 1111101 0011101 1011101 1010111 1110111 1010111 0010101 1010101 1110101 1110101 101011 1010111 0010111 1010101 111011 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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