Analysis of Night Owl
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Iron sharpens iron
But it does not sharpen lead
And all the lies that you believe
Just prove that you’re still dead
Wake up O sleeper, come to life
And open up your eyes
I cannot force you to believe
But I won’t tell you lies
I want you to remember
From what height you have fallen
Before you’re crying out to God
As your last breath you’re drawing
| Scheme | XABA XCBC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 101010 1111101 01011101 111111 11110111 010111 11011101 111111 1111010 1111110 01110111 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on January 16, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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