Analysis of Until Last Night
Until last night I had never been alone,
never bereft of sleep
Until last night I had never been afraid,
never afraid to dream
Until last night my thoughts were in stone,
indecision a foreigner sure
Until last night my will had been staid,
my conscience both steadfast and pure
—until last night
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | AX BX AC BC X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 01111110101 100111 01111110101 100111 011111001 001001001 011111111 1101101 0111 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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