Analysis of To the Night Breeze
Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)
BREEZE of the night, across my pillow straying
Breeze of the night, of summer dews begot,
Salt from the sea-shore, where the waves are playing,
Slow, to and fro, my window curtains swaying
Cool my flushed cheeks, by recent sleep left hot.
| Scheme | ABAAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11010111010 1101110101 11011101110 11011101010 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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