This is an analysis of Seal Lullaby by Rudyard Kipling.
Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 111110010011 11101011011 011010110011 11001011001 110110110110 11011001111 011111111011 01001001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8