Analysis of Comes a Little Baby
Comes a little baby:
beautiful and sweet.
Needs so much love,
keeps you on your feet.
Come sleepless nights:
tiring, draining.
Can't ever catch up,
inside it starts raining.
Come the storms:
howling and raging.
Keep it all inside,
have to keep pacing.
Comes the cavalry:
charging, well-meaning.
Keep them all at bay,
must start weaning.
Come the long hard nights:
shushing, patting.
Pray to the sleep gods
that she'll start napping.
Comes the happy toddler:
so smart, so healthy.
Still needs all of Mama,
success is too stealthy.
Comes a shining day:
joyous, long-sought-for.
A happy little girl,
and long-delayed slumber.
Scheme | ABXB CDXD XDXD ADED CDXD FAXA EXXF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 101010 10001 1111 11111 1101 1010 11011 011110 101 10010 11101 11110 10100 10110 11111 1110 10111 110 11011 11110 101010 11110 111110 011110 10101 10111 010101 010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 31 sec read
- 5 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Comes a Little Baby" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 13 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/68367/comes-a-little-baby>.
Discuss this proudchief poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In