Analysis of Insomnia
Wide awake at midnight, restless and perturbed.
Wide awake at daylight, sleepless and disturbed.
Wide awake at midnight, musing and exposed.
Wide awake at daylight, choosing and opposed.
Wide awake at midnight, fretful and concerned.
Wide awake at daylight, careful and discerned.
Wide awake at midnight, impure and defiled.
Wide awake at daylight, unsure and exiled.
Wide awake at midnight, jumpy and destroyed.
Wide awake at daylight, grumpy and annoyed.
Wide awake at midnight, chronic and returned.
Wide awake at daylight, cyclic and adjourned.
| Scheme | AA BB CC AX DD CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011110001 1011110001 1011110001 1011110001 1011110001 1011110001 101110101 101110101 1011110001 1011110001 1011110001 1011110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 537 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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