Analysis of I RISE AT NIGHT WITH THE MOON

Jesus Betancourt 1955 (New York)



Consisting of sixty percent water
My somnambulant stroll is under lunar control
The ebb in my gait doesn't matter
As long as I can equally flow


Scheme ABAC
Poetic Form
Metre 0101100110 1111101001 010111010 111111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 144
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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Written on October 08, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on December 08, 2021

Modified on April 10, 2023

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