Analysis of Twilight
Amy Levy 1861 (London) – 1889 (London)
So Mary died last night! To-day
The news has travelled here.
And Robert died at Michaelmas,
And Walter died last year.
I went at sunset up the lane,
I lingered by the stile;
I saw the dusky fields that stretched
Before me many a mile.
I leaned against the stile, and thought
Of her whose soul had fled--
I knew that years on years must pass
Or e'er I should be dead.
Scheme | XXAX XBXB XCAC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11011111 011101 010111 010111 1111101 110101 1101111 0111001 11010101 101111 11111111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 363 |
Words | 74 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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