Analysis of Vespers
Alan Alexander Milne 1882 – 1956
Little Boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on the little hands little gold head.
Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares!
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers.
God bless Mummy. I know that's right.
Wasn't it fun in the bath to-night?
The cold's so cold, and the hot's so hot.
Oh! God bless Daddy - I quite forgot.
If I open my fingers a little bit more,
I can see Nanny's dressing-gown on the door.
It's a beautiful blue, but it hasn't a hood.
Oh! God bless Nanny and make her good.
Mine has a hood, and I lie in bed,
And pull the hood right over my head,
And I shut my eyes, and I curl up small,
And nobody knows that I'm there at all.
Oh! Thank you, God, for a lovely day.
And what was the other I had to say?
I said 'Bless Daddy,' so what can it be?
Oh! Now I remember it. God bless Me.
Little Boy kneels at the foot of the bed,
Droops on the little hands little gold head.
Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares!
Christopher Robin is saying his prayers.
Scheme | AABB ccdd eeff aagg hhii AABB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011101101 1101011011 111011 1001011011 11101111 101100111 011100111 111101101 111011001011 1111101101 101001111001 111100101 110101101 010111011 0111101111 01111111 111110101 0110101111 1111011111 1110101111 1011101101 1101011011 111011 1001011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 932 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
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