Analysis of Moonlit Night
Joy Zito Dovel 1946 (New York)
Night of moon and sea
She laid her eggs in the sand
Tired she dove deep
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Haiku Tercet |
| Metre | 11101 1101001 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 71 |
| Words | 16 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
This HIAKU is about a sea turtle I encountered on a beach in Florida one moonlit night. The night was also full of mosquitoes which were biting me but I couldn't leave her. It was too wonderful to see.
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Written on April 26, 2022
Submitted by joy.dovel on April 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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