This is an analysis of Good-Night by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill
Which severs those it should unite;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011101001 11010111 11010101 100001 11110110 11110101 00111101 100001 01111101 01010101 01000111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12