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
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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Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor was an English poet and novelist. She wrote the words to the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", which is widely known, but it is generally forgotten who wrote it. more…

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