This is an analysis of Serenade by Thomas Hood.

Ah, sweet, thou little knowest how
I wake and passionate watches keep;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbXbddede
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11110101 111100101 11111111 10110011 11010111 11010111 11010111 11010101 11111101 01010011 11011101 111011010 011101010 01110101 110110110 01011001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

sleep

Anaphora

that