Analysis of Day Break
Gladys Shaw 1961 (Mississippi)
Into the night, I steal away.
I’ve survived another day
My friends, my enemies fade to dust.
To sleep, I can’t. To dream, I must.
Travel to some place alone. Far from reality, Far from home. I’ll rule Kingdoms, Worlds I’ll make.
All before the next day breaks.
| Scheme | AABBCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101 1010101 111100111 11111111 101110111101111110111 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
About this poem
How I feel every night when I go to sleep. I anticipate my dreams and how I’ll do so many things in them I can’t do in the real world.
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Written on January 02, 2022
Submitted by gb3636.ef on January 02, 2022
Modified on April 29, 2023
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