Analysis of Sweet Dreams
The flour sack
Is full of the tips
Of Balsam firs and
Sweet dried flowers
Mixed in well and
Tightly sewn
By the hands that hold
My nighttime cocoa cup.
When its time for bed
My quilt comes up
To the forest edge
Just beneath my head.
Then Grandma says,
Good Night, God Bless
| Scheme | ABCDCEFGHGIHJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 11101 11010 1110 1010 101 10111 11101 11111 1111 10101 10111 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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