This is an analysis of Sleep Is Supposed To Be by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aXa bbb aaa b XXXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,3,3,3,1,5,
  • Metre: 1 100100 110100 010001 100101 111101 010101 100100 110001 010001 101101 1101010 1010000 1001010 1001100 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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