Analysis of Dancing
While dancing on the moon at night
At least in thought my love I see
We glide across the treeless height
While dancing on the moon at night
Bathed forever in silver light
As hand in hand you waltz with me
While dancing on the moon at night
At least in thought my love I see
| Scheme | ABaAabAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triolet |
| Metre | 11010111 11011111 11010101 11010111 10100101 11011111 11010111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 301 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
About this poem
First triolet I ever wrote and became an admirer of the type.
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