Analysis of To Sleep

Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864



COME, Sleep! but mind ye! if you come without
The little girl that struck me at the rout,
By Jove! I would not give you half-a-crown
For all your poppy-heads and all your down.


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111111101 0101111101 1111111101 1111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 181
Words 36
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament. more…

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