Analysis of NIGHT SOUNDS
Ken Bartlett 1934 (Leominsterr Mass)
NIGHT SOUNDS
Tick-tock, tick-tock, drip, drip, drip, drop.
Train whistle toots and traffic distributes nonstop.
Delivery trucks come, delivery trucks go
over the speed bumps; kerplump, fast and slow.
Heat pumps clatter, splatter, and spew
strange sounds; some old and some that are new.
Tires squeal, radio blares.
Missiles from a gunshot, go splat on our stairs.
Somewhere not far groans of pain pierce the night.
Sounds of the night deliver their plight.
| Scheme | X AA BB CC DD EE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11111111 11010100101 010011010011 100111101 11101001 111101111 101101 10101111101 111111101 110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 555 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
The residue of a noisy and sleepless night.
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Written on September 12, 2022
Submitted by compostken on September 29, 2022
Modified by compostken on October 05, 2022
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