This is an analysis of Though Deep Indifference Should Drowse by Robert Louis Stevenson.

THOUGH deep indifference should drowse
The sluggish life beneath my brows,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb ccddcc eeeeaX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11010011 01010111 110010111 111000101 11001101 11101100 11011111 11010101 10111101 10110101 11011101 11111111 110011101 11011101 11110101 01011011 11110101 10010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18