This is an analysis of Midnight by Henry Vaughan.

WHEN to my Eyes
Whilst deep sleep others catches,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcddcaaeXaeX bfbfccdbbdggahha
  • Stanza lengths: 17,16,
  • Metre: 1011 1111010 1101 0110110 1101 1101 111111 1111 1111 001101 11010 1010 11111 11100 1010 11101 1 1111 10100101 11001 1111001 1111 1101 110011 1111 1011 110111 11110 1010 10101 01010 1110 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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