Analysis of Waiting For Light
Kim Spivey 1957 (New York)
Waiting For Light
Waiting for the sunrise, so bright and so clear
I hardly could sleep, having nighttime fears.
Calmly, I lay there, hoping for light.
Drinking sleepy time tea to ward off all fright.
Suddenly appears the shadowy moon,
looking peaceful and calm.
I spoke too soon.
I close my eyes and drift off to sleep.
In the morning I awake, there's the sun,
Take a peek.
| Scheme | A X X A A B X B X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 1010111011 110111011 101111011 10101111111 1000101001 101001 1111 111101111 0010101101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 416 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
It expresses how the things we may fear can bring us a sense of peace and calm us.
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