Analysis of Sleep
COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving
Lock me in delight awhile;
Let some pleasing dreams beguile
All my fancies; that from thence
I may feel an influence
All my powers of care bereaving!
Though but a shadow, but a sliding,
Let me know some little joy!
We that suffer long annoy
Are contented with a thought
Through an idle fancy wrought:
O let my joys have some abiding!
| Scheme | ABBXXA ACCDDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111010 1100101 1110101 1110111 1111100 1110111 11011010 1111101 1110101 1010101 1110101 111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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