Analysis of The Night
The wingless eagle
went to the party of the owls
with his own wisdom
Intimidating the impostors
of the night
with his past glory
Exposing the shadows
of their dark indulgence
—with a killers eye
(Stone Harbor New Jersey: January, 1992)
| Scheme | XXXXXAXXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0110 11010101 11110 01000010 101 11110 01001 111010 10101 110110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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