This is an analysis of Nocturne by Gerald Griffin.
Sleep that like the couched dove
Broods o'er the weary eye,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXccdd efefXbgg heheiicc ffffXXjj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111011 1100101 1101101 010100 1010101 1100101 1110111 11011011 1010101 110101 10111101 0011001 11010100 110101101 11010101 11100111 1110101 010111 1110101 010101 1110101 010000101 10001101 1010111 1011101 10001 1110101 10111 1011101 1000110 11010111 01000111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Anaphora
silent
