This is an analysis of Lullaby by Arthur Henry Adams.

DAY has fled to the west afar,
Where no shadows or sorrows are;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccDDECECECDffggXghhXDDECECECD
  • Stanza lengths: 35,
  • Metre: 11100101 11111101 101100101 11100101 10100101 10100111 00100111 10100111 101101 101101 111 10110110 111 1110010 101 1110010 101101 10100101 10101111 10100101 10100101 10101100 10101101 10100111 101011011 101101 101101 111 10110110 111 1110010 101 1110010 101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 34

Epiphora

sleep

Anadiplosis

sleep