This is an analysis of Oft, In The Stilly Night by Thomas Moore.

Oft, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBccddddAbAB efefddggggABAB
  • Stanza lengths: 14,14,
  • Metre: 100101 1101111 1100101 0101011 0101 0100 0101110 0111 1111 0101110 100101 1101111 1100101 0101011 110101 0111010 110111 1101010 1111 1101 1101010 1111 1101 1111010 100101 1101111 1100101 0101011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 28

Anaphora

the, whose