To-Night

Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)



Harry, you know at night
The larks in Castle Alley
Sing from the attic's height
As if the electric light
Were the true sun above a summer valley:
Whistle, don't knock, to-night.

I shall come early, Kate:
And we in Castle Alley
Will sit close out of sight
Alone, and ask no light
Of lamp or sun above a summer valley:
To-night I can stay late.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAABA CBAABC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 339
Words 68
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

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