This is an analysis of De Little Pickaninny's Gone To Sleep by James Weldon Johnson.
Cuddle down, ma honey, in yo' bed,
Go to sleep an' res' yo' little head,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXX CdCdXXcC dXeeffXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 101110011 101111101 001110101 101110101 101010111 101011101 111010111 111010111 0101000101 1000101110 0101000101 1010111110 111110101 101010111 0101100101 0101000101 1010101110 101010101 101111101 101011111 111111001 101111101 101010101 101010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
little, de, his
Anaphora
de
