Night
Night
Is a sneaky, wily fox
A thief out to steal
daylight from the sky
Slowly stalking, slowly creeping
Catching Mother Sun by surprise
Like a child caught at the cookie jar
Night
Is a fleet footed panther
Catching daylight unawares
Covering up the suns fatuous beams
With her dark mantle
Cast over Planet Earth
A shadowy pall
And lulls the world to sleep
And Night rules supreme
Until daylight breaks again
About this poem
This depicts what imagine Night is up to when it comes at the end of the day.
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Written on November 23, 2013
Submitted by taminator2016 on December 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 10 |
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