Analysis of SAY GOOD NIGHT (Poem 262)
The sunset was red,
A book I have read;
It's almost time for bed.
From my lips my prayers peal
As by my bed I kneel.
Keep my life, Lord, on an even keel.
I'm one of a kind,
No one else like me you'll find,
I say as I put my failures behind
For blessings, thanks I give;
Also, for the joys that I live.
I don‘t need to sift them out in a sieve..
For my blessings are great,
And it's now getting late,
So, I'll lean over and kiss my mate.
© Copyright 8/1/1999 by Jean E. Gorney
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 01111 11111 111111 111111 111111101 11101 1111111 1111111001 110111 10101111 1111111001 111011 011101 111100111 1011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 474 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on March 01, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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