This is an analysis of Night by Duncan Campbell Scott.

The night is old, and all the world
Is wearied out with strife;…

Browse poems by Duncan Campbell Scott

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xccc aded dXXX aeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011101 010101 011111011 010101 111111100 101101 01010111 110101 10011011 110111 01000101 0010101 11011111 010101 001000111 010100 01011011 110101 11111101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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