Analysis of At the End of the Day
Butterflies sing lovely songs not heard by human ears
And bumblebees are in a rush they don't have time for tears
Down by the brook the meadowlark strikes up a happy tune
The sun is low and ere too long will make way for the moon
The deer are in the meadow, a family with two fawns
The squirrels are barking from the tree, "You're eating up our lawn."
The wise old owl is in his hole just sleeping out the day
The hawk is soaring high above and watching those at play
The red fox brings her children, but keeps a wary eye
She tells her kits time and again, "there's danger in the shy."
A turtle moving oh so slow is headed fro the creek
The groundhog sticks her head out just to take a peek
And as the sun sinks to the trees, the wise old owl awakes
He blinks his eyes and looks around and yells, "For Heaven sakes"
He cries, "Ive slept the day away, now I'll be up all night."
All creatures smile at his outburst and everything's all right.
Scheme | AXBB AXCC DDEE AXFF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 101101111101 011001111111 1101010110101 01110111111101 0110010100111 0101101011101101 01111011110101 01110101010111 0111010110101 11011001110001 01010111110101 01101111101 0101110101111 11110101011101 11110101111111 110111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"At the End of the Day" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/66234/at-the-end-of-the-day>.
Discuss this Brian Spivey poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In