This is an analysis of Sleepless Nights by Frances Anne Kemble.

In sleepless nights my sad forgotten lute
Breathes with low strains of broken melody,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 0101110101 1011010100 1011111001 1101001100 1101011111 11011110110 1111101001 01100111110 1111110101 0011110101 11011100011 111100111001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12