Analysis of Night
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
A pale enchanted moon is sinking low
Behind the dunes that fringe the shadowy lea,
And there is haunted starlight on the flow
Of immemorial sea.
I am alone and need no more pretend
Laughter or smile to hide a hungry heart;
I walk with solitude as with a friend
Enfolded and apart.
We tread an eerie road across the moor
Where shadows weave upon their ghostly looms,
And winds sing an old lyric that might lure
Sad queens from ancient tombs.
I am a sister to the loveliness
Of cool far hill and long-remembered shore,
Finding in it a sweet forgetfulness
Of all that hurt before.
The world of day, its bitterness and cark,
No longer have the power to make me weep;
I welcome this communion of the dark
As toilers welcome sleep.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0101011101 01011101001 011101101 101001 1101011101 1011110101 111101101 1001 1111010101 111011101 0111110111 111101 11010101 1111010101 1001011 111101 0111110001 11010101111 1101010101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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