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.
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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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