This is an analysis of Omens by Thomas Moore.

When daylight was yet sleeping under the pillow,
And stars in the heavens still lingering shone,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbb cdcdcccX ededeXeX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 111111010010 11001011001 110110110010 011110101001 1011110011010 11001011011 1110110010010 01001011001 1110011010110 11011101111 010010011010 11001011001 010011110010 11111011001 101010110010110 110110011010 1111010111110 11111101101 1011011110110 11001111001 1110010110010 01101101111 100101011111010 1010110010010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, she