Analysis of Twilight
Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)
Brushed by the shadows of the dead
On the grass where day expires
Columbine strips bare admires
her body in the pond instead
A charlatan of twilight formed
Boasts of the tricks to be performed
The sky without a stain unmarred
Is studded with the milk-white stars
From the boards pale Harlequin
First salutes the spectators
Sorcerers from Bohemia
Fairies sundry enchanters
Having unhooked a star
He proffers it with outstretched hand
While with his feet a hanging man
Sounds the cymbals bar by bar
The blind man rocks a pretty child
The doe with all her fauns slips by
The dwarf observes with saddened pose
How Harlequin magically grows
| Scheme | ABCADDAEFBGBHIJHKLMM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1101101 10111010 101101 01000101 0100111 11011101 0101011 11010111 1011100 1010100 10010100 1010010 10101 1111011 11110101 1010111 01110101 01110111 01011101 110010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 525 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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