Analysis of Awake
Sleep for me
no friend is
and coming night
to soon be
and the day
too short to ‘tis
that at its end
I need not rest
and the night
too long is
much more than I
do ever need
when to bed
I do go
and the clock
I do stare
till at last
for hours few
darkness is
and dreams reign
quick I awake
refreshed not
without need
one sleep more
I arise
in the night
to go forth
and await the day
Scheme | ABCA DBXX CBXE XXXX XXBX XXEX XCXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 111 0101 111 001 1111 1111 1111 001 111 1111 1101 111 111 001 111 111 1101 101 011 1101 011 011 111 101 001 111 00101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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