This is an analysis of Good-Night by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Then the bright lamp is carried in,
The sunless hours again begin;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc aadd eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10110100 010100101 101010111 01010101 11010101 010100111 11010111 11010101 11010111 11011111 11010101 01110101 111101010 110101010 01110111 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

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