This is an analysis of the poem I Cannot Sleep For Thinking Of Thy Face, that begins with:

I cannot sleep for thinking of thy face,
Which thrusts itself between the dark and me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbabcdcddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110011 1101010111 10111110101 1110010100 1111111101 1011111011 1111110101 101111001001 10110101010 1011011101 10110111010 11111111010 0111110101 0101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, thy are repeated.

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