Analysis of Night Terror
Amanda Bunyard 1986 (California)
Awakened by the moisture;
tears rolling down soft cheeks.
Reminded of the pain;
heartbeat increases momentarily.
As I try to go back to sleep I see his face behind tightly closed eyelids.
Go away! Go AWAY!
The voice in my head screams.
Please? Stay! Don’t leave!
My heart begs one more time
As his image fades away my heart’s in disrepair;
I ponder all the things I’ve done to make him no longer care.
| Scheme | XX XX X XX XX AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101010 110111 010101 10100100 111111111111011011 101101 010111 1111 111111 111010111001 110101111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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