Analysis of Lullaby, Go To Sleep
James Ephraim McGirt 1874 ( Robeson County, Lumberton) – 1930 (Maple Cemetery, Greensboro)
I'll ne'er forget the day,
When I was young and gay,
A rolling 'round the floor in Tennessee;
From th' cotton field so white,
My ma would come at night,
And fondly hold me in her arms and say:
Go to sleep, baby mine,
Little birdie in your nest;
Humming bees have left the vine,
Go to sleep and take your rest.
In winter cold and chill,
At night, when all was still,
I'd wake to find her standing over me,
A smile upon her face,
A creepin 'round the place,
She'd tuck the cover over me, and sing:
Go to sleep, baby mine,
Little birdie in your nest;
Humming bees have left the vine,
Go to sleep and take your rest.
So many years have passed,
Since we assembled last,
That dear old soul has gone away to dwell.
If this whole world was mine,
The wealth I would decline,
If I could only hear my mother sing:
Go to sleep, baby mine,
Little birdie in your nest;
Humming bees have left the vine,
Go to sleep and take your rest.
Scheme | aabcca DEDE ffbggh DEDE iixddh DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Song |
Metre | 110101 111101 010101001 11110111 111111 0101100101 111101 1010011 1011101 1110111 010101 111111 1111010101 010101 01101 1101010101 111101 1010011 1011101 1110111 110111 110101 1111110111 111111 011101 1111011101 111101 1010011 1011101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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