Analysis of By Morning You Were Gone
In winter, distance forced him into
silence
Spring brought us the promise of fresh captivity,
and the protection of a wish
On summer days, we played in fields,
and hid from him under the cover of bg trees
But in the fall, when our sheets could feel the mocking of
his laughter
We listened, to something only you could
hear
You smiled at me, as I tried to guard the bed against
my fear and hold you tightly against my chest
but by morning you were gone
And as I lay beside your still and quiet body, feeling the
coldness of your disappearing shadow
I thank the trees, the distance, and the spring’s promise,
—for once loving you and I
(West Philadelphia: November, 1972)
Scheme | XX XX XX XA XX XX X XX XX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101101 10 111010110100 00010101 11011101 011110010111 10011101110101 110 1101101011 1 1111111110101 11011100111 1110101 0111011101010100 10110101 110101000110 1110101 10100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 661 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 08, 2016
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 17, 2020
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