Analysis of The Night
A time to reflect
On the day's events
To discard and reject
All thoughts of discontent.
A time to rest
A weary frame
When you did your best
But did not win the game
When all is still,
A quiet time to pray
For the strength and will
To face another day.
Barbara A Cadogan © 2012
| Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101 10101 101001 111001 0111 0101 11111 111101 1111 010111 10101 110101 1000001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on April 22, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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