This is an analysis of A Song by William Blake.
Sweet dreams, form a shade
O'er my lovely infant's head!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee bbee aaff gghh eehh eebX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11101 10110101 110101 11010101 11011 1111101 11101 10101101 11001 1010101 11101 10100101 111001 1110011 11101 10100101 11101 1010111 11101 11011101 11011 1010111 11111 11011111 1111111 1111101 1010101 10011111 1111111 1011101 1011011 101101100
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
sleep, for, smiles, on