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.…

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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