This is an analysis of In Memoriam A. H. H.: 67. When On My Bed The Moonlight Fall by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

When on my bed the moonlight falls,
I know that in thy place of rest…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadaad ebbe
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,
  • Metre: 11110111 11101101 11110001 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010011 110010010 01010101 01110111 11010101 11110101 11110101 01010101 10011101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

thy