Analysis of A night of old



A pitcher pouring
The dancing flame of candles
And crickets sing along


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 01010 0101110 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 70
Words 12
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 12

About this poem

A reflection on simple things

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Written on January 04, 2022

Submitted on January 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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