Analysis of Morning, Noon and Night
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
When morning shows her first faint flush,
I think of the tender blush
That crept so gently to your cheek
When first my love I dared to speak;
How, in your glance, a dawning ray
Gave promise of love's perfect day.
When, in the ardent breath of noon,
The roses with passion swoon;
There steals upon me from the air
The scent that lurked within your hair;
I touch your hand, I clasp your form —
Again your lips are close and warm.
When comes the night with beauteous skies,
I think of your tear-dimmed eyes,
Their mute entreaty that I stay,
Although your lips sent me away;
And then falls memory's bitter blight,
And dark — so dark becomes the night.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GGCCHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 1110101 11110111 11111111 10110101 11011011 10010111 0101101 11011101 01110111 11111111 01111101 1101111 1111111 11010111 1111101 0111101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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