This is an analysis of A Long, Long Sleep, A Famous Sleep by Emily Dickinson.

A long, long sleep, a famous sleep
That makes no show for dawn…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 111111 11011101 110101 11010010 010101 01010001 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8