Analysis of New Year's Eve
David Herbert Lawrence 1885 (Eastwood, Nottinghamshire) – 1930 (Vence)
There are only two things now,
The great black night scooped out
And this fireglow.
This fireglow, the core,
And we the two ripe pips
That are held in store.
Listen, the darkness rings
As it circulates round our fire.
Take off your things.
Your shoulders, your bruised throat!
You breasts, your nakedness!
This fiery coat!
As the darkness flickers and dips,
As the firelight falls and leaps
From your feet to your lips!
Scheme | XXX ABA CXC DBD BXB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1110111 011111 011 1101 010111 11101 100101 111011010 1111 110111 1111 11001 10101001 101101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 413 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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