Analysis of from the memories of midnight

Merdi Bakembo 2003 (Matadi)



Lonely bight on the terrace
Thoughts of you invading my mind
Silent sobs disturbing the night
And with these tears I now bind


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Ballad stanza
Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 1011010 11101011 10101001 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 125
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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