Analysis of A Cold, Winter Night
My windowpanes are starred with sparkling frost,
The outside world is bitter cold tonight
And moon is vaguely seen; teh winds accost
Much like a mighty two edged sword would smite.
Oh god, do pity every homeless soul,
The hungry beggars shuffling to and fro;
Oh God, this night, I pray you will console
Who tread the snow filled streets, nowhere to go.
My room is like a box of summertime,
So cozy warm, close curtained fold on fold,
But somewhere out there in this winter clime
My heart is wailing in the bitter cold.
For cold and hungry children it does grieve,
Espcially tonight; its Christmas Eve.
Scheme | AXAA BCBC DEDE FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111101 0111110101 0111011101 1101011111 11110100101 0101010101 1111111110 110111111 111101110 110111111 111101101 1111000101 1101010111 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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