Analysis of Faded

Harold Creggan 1950 (Tadcastor)



The twilight has faded,
And my eyes are so shaded,
The darkness thus begun,
Hath my deeds left unsung,
My sins well paid.

By Harold Creggan


Scheme XXAXX A
Poetic Form
Metre 01110 0111110 010101 111101 1111 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 141
Words 33
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 13

About this poem

Inspired by the hour of night

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Submitted by DeuMachinaUna on June 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Harold Creggan

born 1st of May 1950, attended University of Cambridge 1968 more…

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