Analysis of Nocturne
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
Indigo bulb of darkness
Punctured by needle lights
Through a fissure of brick canyon shutting out stars,
And a sliver of moon
Spigoting two high windows over the West river….
Boy, I met to-night,
Your eyes are two red-glowing arcs shifting with my vision….
They reflect as in a fading proof
The deadened eyes of a woman,
And your shed virginity,
Light as the withered pod of a sweet pea,
Moist and fragrant
Blows against my soul.
What are you to me, boy,
That I, who have passed so many lights,
Should carry your eyes
Like swinging lanterns?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 101101 101011101011 001011 11110100110 11111 11111101101110 101100101 0111010 0110100 1101011011 1010 10111 111111 111111101 11011 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 426 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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