Analysis of The Beach At Night
Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)
On the beach day is becoming night.
a celestial changing of the guard.
Under the moons luminous light
sea and sand converge.
The sea lumbers ,ebbs ,recedes,
repays a far distant shore,
who's waters rise in response,
while natures rhythm keeps the score.
How often have i allowed this pass unseen
probably flicking from station to station.
entrapped in some man made malarky.
Turned away from this wonder of creation.
The world turned outside my door .
life happening when i wasn't paying attention.
Beneath these stars ,within this sea, across this living land.
The things of life danced their dance ,oblivious to the machinations of man.
Scheme | AXAX XBXB XCXC BCXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 101110101 001010101 10011001 10101 011101 101101 1101001 11010101 11011011101 10010110110 0101111 10111101010 0111111 1100111010010 01110111011101 011111101001001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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An evening walk on beach
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