Analysis of Window, at Night
Windows are portals to ink black worlds;
The street in half-lit shadow grey.
But lamps cast chatoyant light;
As droplets rush the ground;
Pools ripple and shine.
Behind the glass;
Eyes do stare;
Watching;
Mine.
| Scheme | XX XXA XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101111 0101111 11111 110101 11001 0101 111 10 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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