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
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Submitted by CoachSpivey on February 21, 2017

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Brian Spivey

I've been writing for nearly 40 years. It's been a good ride. Hope you enjoy. I have one series of poems that should be read together. "A Sad Fairy Tale", "Happily", "A New Fairy Tale Begins", and "The Result of True Love". As the Staler Brothers sang "Some I wrote for money, some I wrote for fun, some I wrote and threw away, and never sang for anyone. One I wrote for Mama, and a couple still aren't through, I've lost track of all the rest but the most I wrote for you." Enjoy. more…

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