Analysis of Innocence Asleep

Samuel Alfred Beadle 1857 (United States of America) – 1932



A fair dark-eyed lassie was she,
Her thirteenth summer passed,
Who pursuing blue-eyed daisy,
Herself had over-tasked;
And fell asleep in the meadow,
Where the wildest flowers blow.
I read the dreams upon her face.
Through dimples in her cheek,
And smiles which trace the subtle grace
Of innocence asleep.

'I was dreaming,' she made reply,
A blush her whole physique,
When my kerchief fell upon the fly
That lit upon her cheek;
Hard by the laughing brooklet's sheen
Caught the poise of her face between,
Demurring pout and sly grimace,
Through her dishelved hair;
As she stood there an angel fair
With innocence awake.


Scheme AXAXBBCDCX EDEDFFXGGX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 01111011 011101 10101110 011101 0101001 1010101 11010101 110001 01110101 110001 11101101 010101 111010101 110101 1101011 10110101 01010110 1011 11111101 110001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 606
Words 108
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 10
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 245
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Samuel Alfred Beadle

Samuel Alfred Beadle was an African American poet and writer. After the Civil War, Beadle moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where he studied and practiced law. more…

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