This is an analysis of Silent, Silent Night by William Blake.
Silent, silent night,
Quench the holy light…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb aaaXbbb
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,7,
- Metre: 10101 10101 01101 10101 10101 11101 11101 1001 10101 11101 10101 10101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 12