Analysis of Stay the Night



Stay the night with me,
Fear races through my mind,
The demon hides the door from me,
No exit can I find.

Stay the night with me,
Confusion is in my head,
Oblivion circles endlessly,
No path for me to tread.

Stay with me till morning,
For loneliness holds my heart,
It locks me far from everything,
From all I know, it keeps apart.

Lost am I, and only you,
Can pull me from this fate,
So come to me, and take my hand,
And lead me to the gate.

For comfort will be my open door,
Understanding will pave my way,
And your love will release the bonds,
And bring me from astray.

So stay with me forever,
And hold me ever tight,
Help me to the light of day,
And bring me through the dark of night.


Scheme Abab Acac dede xfxf xgxg xhgh
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 10111 110111 01010111 110111 10111 0101011 010010100 111111 111110 1100111 1111110 11111101 1110101 111111 11110111 011101 110111101 0101111 01110101 011101 1111010 011101 1110111 01110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 667
Words 139
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on 1985

Submitted by Warbard on September 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Warbard

Poet & Philosopher, Soldier & Scholar, Warrior & Writer, Husband & Historian, Father & Freemason. Since the early '80s, Warbard has been a pen name for Shelby Chandler who is a historian and has made a home for his wife and four daughters in the area of Fredericksburg, Virginia. more…

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