Analysis of Acquainted with the Night
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
A luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Scheme | Aba bcb cdc dad aA |
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Poetic Form | Terza rima |
Metre | 1111010101 1111010101 111010101 1111010101 1111010111 0111010101 1111010111 110110101 1101010101 1111111111 0101110101 010010101 0101110111 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 581 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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