Analysis of When Nighttime Sings A Villanelle
I sing the gentle villanelle,
A villenesque so slightly said,
Howbeit the nighttide casts her spell.
And now the rune I know so well
Remains, remembered, in my head;
I sing the gentle villanelle.
As evening leaves and shadows dwell
The golden brightness all but fled,
Howbeit the nighttide casts her spell.
The flowing verse, her tale to tell,
Inhibitions adrift and shed,
I sing the gentle villanelle.
And owls resound about the fell,
The day replaced with night's instead,
Howbeit the nighttide casts her spell.
Yet me, contented, in my shell
Warmly, snugged and safe a-bed;
I sing the gentle villanelle
Howbeit the nighttide casts her spell.
Scheme | AbA abA abA abA abA abAA |
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Poetic Form | Villanelle |
Metre | 110101 011101 101101 01011111 01010011 110101 1101011 01010111 101101 01010111 0100101 110101 0110101 0111101 101101 11010011 1010101 110101 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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A 19th. Century (8 syllable) villanelle
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