This is an analysis of Before Sleep by Archibald Lampman.
Now the creeping nets of sleep
Stretch about and gather nigh,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcX bdbdeX dfdfbX fgfghh icicXd fjfjaa kekedd iXidgg bhXhbb lXlhhh afafcX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1010101 1011101 1011111 1010101 1000101 1110100 1010110 1000101 1010101 0110101 0010111 1011100 10100101 1011101 10110001 0011111 1110110 1110100 1110111 1010101 1010001 1010111 1110101 1110101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1111110 1110101 1010110 10100101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1010101 1011111 1001101 1010101 0110101 11101101 1010111 1010101 1010100 0010111 1110111 1010101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1010100 0110101 1011101 1011101 1110101 10111010 1010101 1011101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1111111 1010101 1011111 1011101 1110100
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
and, not
Anaphora
to, how
