Analysis of Nightfall
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Let me sleep. The day is past,
And the folded shadows keep
Weary mortals safe and fast.
Let me sleep.
I am all too tired to weep
For the sunlight of the Past
Sunk within the drowning deep.
Treasured vanities I cast
In an unregarded heap.
Time has given rest at last.
Let me sleep.
| Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Roundel |
| Metre | 1110111 001011 1010101 111 11111011 101101 1010101 1010011 0111 1110111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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