Analysis of Restless
The sweetest of the Gods,
you kiss the world each night!
Though others fear your twin,
you are welcomed and hugged tight.
"Oh child of my Nox,
dear Hypnos," I do plea,
"Why do you, oh sweet Sleep,
often hide or flee?"
| Scheme | ABCBADED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101 110111 110111 1110011 11111 11111 111111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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