This is an analysis of Check by James Brunton Stephens.
The night was creeping on the ground;
She crept and did not make a sound…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbc cddaaee ff
- Stanza lengths: 5,7,2,
- Metre: 01110101 11101101 01110111 11001101 01010101 11010001 11110101 01011111 10011111 1110110 01011101 11111101 11110111 1110011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
she, and
