Analysis of At Night
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
Love said, "Wake still and think of me,"
Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day,"
But Dreams came by and smilingly
Gave both to Love and Sleep their way.
Scheme | ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110111 11111111 11110100 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 161 |
Words | 34 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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