This is an analysis of Night by George William Russell.

BURNING our hearts out with longing
The daylight passed:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXd efgf Xhah geae cbcbXbdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10111010 0111 10110010 0111 10011010 1011 10010110 0101 10111110 0101 10110010 0101 11010110 0101 10011110 1101 10010010 1111 110110010 1101 11010010 1011 10011110 1101 11110011 1101 10010110 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28