Analysis of Night Lights
Pajama-clad kids uninhibited
perform a moon dance
choreographed by fire flies.
The cool grass carpet cushions shoeless feet
during their nocturnal hunt.
Tiny illuminations draw wide-eyed faces
into the twilight with arms outstretched.
There! No there!
Still in pursuit, small hands pull at the air
to coax the drifters downward.
As bedtime approaches,
clean mayonnaise jars with hole punched lids sit empty.
Among the dark trees, a cupped hand
gently stops a lighted flight
and is tickled by its catch.
A flash, maybe two,
before it launches into the night sky.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHHIFJKLMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110100 01011 1001101 011101011 1010101 10111110 01011101 111 1001111101 1101010 11010 11011111110 01011011 1010101 0110111 01101 0111001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 455 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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