Analysis of The Night Shelter



It's five a.m.; the driving rain
And howling wind breed mental pain.
Deprived of sleep by rampant storm,
Thus after five they'll not be warm.

Nocturnal peace, supernal bliss
Is shattered, scattered far by this
Maternal voice of colonel-type -
At five collective hate is ripe!

Tornadic rush, an addict here,
A gangster there; but none to fear.
Nomadic tribe, sporadic stays,
But all will dance, when ,'colonel'
plays!

The stewing crowd is queuing now
At six, though most detest the chow.
There's hewing, hacking, spewing out;
Thus, in the day, they scrape about.

At five p.m. arrive they back;
It's five bucks in, out if you lack.
They jive through gates, the hive's astir.
Then shower all, let none defer.


Scheme AABB CCDD EXFXF GGHH IIEX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 01011101 01111101 11011111 010111 11010111 01011101 11010111 01011011 01011111 01010101 1111110 1 01011101 11110101 11010101 10011101 11110111 11101111 1111011 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 709
Words 141
Sentences 14
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

A dreary life on the road.

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Written on August 19, 2022

Submitted by basiltfillis2021 on August 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Basil Fillis

Published poet . Won contest in 2000 , Poetry of Africa; 3rd in 2001; 3rd in 2008. more…

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