This is an analysis of Mater Tenebrarum by James Thomson.
In the endless nights, from my bed, where sleepless in anguish I lie,
I startle the stillness and gloom with a bitter and strong cry:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddefe aaXgg hhii ccaajjXiiffaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,7,5,4,13,
- Metre: 0010101111001011 110010110010111 1110101111011001 11101011001001011 11101011110011 11111101101001 11111011001011 101001001111111 11011001011001 11010010111 01001101 0010101111001011 111010100101101 111110110110 01101 1100101010011001 111001001101011 11000100110111 10101010010101 0110101011101101 1011010011011111 00101010111100101 0010111111001011 110010100101101 1100111110101 1101101111101 1011111001101 11110101001011 11101001010101 11110011101101 010011101101111 11111011001010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
in, and, come, thou, her, no, this
Anaphora
one, no
