Analysis of Night Without Lover, Moon Without Star



I sit quietly these nights in a taut,
Airless room, with yellow shutters that
Wink when I close them like a flash of
Final sun.

Then I reach into the cupboard for the
Glass you keep there. Now that a winter
Is whistling up that bare, unwanted leg
Of lane, I've taken to warming brandy in
The sturdy mass of pretty crystal glass.

Oh, Holy Wait...for those long, dull tones
Of intoxication, their formal rhythms
Leading me with the fist of a child to a
Firm and quiet sleep.


Scheme XXXX AXXXX XXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110011001 101110101 111111011 101 1110101010 111111010 1101110101 11110110100 0101110101 11011111 1001011010 10110110110 10101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 460
Words 90
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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