This is an analysis of The Sun Was Slumbering In The West by Thomas Hood.

The sun was slumbering in the West,
My daily labors past;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc daeadfdf XadaggeX XhXhXaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 011100001 110101 11011101 110111 01010111 010101 11110111 1011101 101011101 010101 11011101 011101 11010111 110101 01110101 011101 101110101 111101 01011101 100001 11010101 100111 11111101 110001 101011101 011111 11110111 010101 11110101 010101 01110101 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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