This is an analysis of The Dream-Ship by Eugene Field.
When the world is fast asleep,
Along the midnight skies--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabA Xcbc bDcD dbeb faXa Xbab cghg Xihi afge hafAXaDcD
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1010101 010111 110001001 010111 110110111 1101101 1110110111 0011101 01010101 101111 101000101 100101 01111111 111111 11110100 111101 11111101 111101 11100101 1100110 11110111 011111 100100111 110101 01010011 010101 11011101 010101 01100100 010001 01011101 011111 11010101 111111 11010101 111100 11010001 010101 11000101 010111 11001101 101111 111000101 100101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
stands, at, angel, and, dreams, some, of
Anaphora
an, and, the
