Check

James Brunton Stephens 1835 (Scotland) – 1902



The night was creeping on the ground;
She crept and did not make a sound
Until she reached the tree, and then
She covered it, and sole again
Along the grass beside the wall.

I heard the rustle of her shawl
As she threw blackness everywhere
Upon the sky and ground and air,
And in the room where I was hid:
But no matter what she did
To everything that was without,
She could not put my candle out.

So I stared at the night, and she
Stared back solemnly at me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBC CDDEEFF GG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 467
Words 94
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 2

James Brunton Stephens

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