This is an analysis of Night And Day by Sidney Lanier.

The innocent, sweet Day is dead.
Dark Night hath slain her in her bed.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaab aaab aaab ccXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01001101 11110001 1111101101 110111 01011101 010101101 11000011 111111 10011101 01011101 01011111 111111 110001001 01011101 1101001000 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16