When Evening Calls
When the night is black
And you feel cold,
And you know that you
Are growing old,
And the dark shadows
Around you fall,
And there is no light
For you at all,
And the robin stops
Its sweet, sweet trill,
And everything
Is quiet and still,
And the meadow lark
Sings its sad song,
Then you know, as you
Knew all along...
In this great big world
You are so small,
and you're all alone
When evening calls.
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Submitted on August 28, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDXD XEBE XCXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 384 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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