This is an analysis of Idleness by Thomas Sturge Moore.
O idleness, too fond of me,
Begone, I know and hate thee!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc aXaX dcdc eXeX fXfX bfbfXacac
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11001101 1011111 10110101 0111111 11011111 1101110 11010101 0111010 11110101 01110110 11100101 1101110 01011101 1100110 11010101 0101110 11111100 1101110 01010111 0101010 11011111 0110110 11011101 1111010 01010101 1111010 10011111 1111010 10111111 1110110 11011111 0100010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
thou
