Analysis of Sleep
Edward Young 1681 (Upham) – 1765 (Welwyn)
Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, -
He, like the world, his ready visit pays
Where fortune smiles: the wretched he forsakes,
And lights on lids unsullied by a tear.
| Scheme | ABBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010101 1101110101 110101011 0111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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