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
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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Written on February 26, 2024

Submitted by robertl.92681 on February 26, 2024

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