This is an analysis of Lines.—i Cannot Sleep by Louisa Stuart Costello.
I cannot sleep—my nights glide on
In one unbroken thought of thee;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a b a b a b a b c b cXb
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Metre: 11011111 01010101 11010111 11010101 11110101 110100101 11010111 11110111 111101110 11011100 110001110 01110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 12
