Analysis of Nighttime Intruder



Through the window creeps,
Stealthfully and silently,
Shimmering moonlight.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 10101 10100 1001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 75
Words 11
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by BDFRichmond on December 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Brian D.F. Richmond

Brian D.F. Richmond lives in the Allegany Mountains, deep in the embarace of nature. Now freed from the 9-to-5 rat race, he focuses on music, storytelling, organic gardening and poetry. more…

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