Analysis of The Night's Sky



Out that night on the mountain trail
days from the city’s glow,

Stretched out under the open sky, while
stars fell and satellites circled;

The depths of the heavens overwhelmed,
as orbs long dead heaved waning light.

My heart, as Hopkins, bred dark heaven’s baffling ban,

for I too am a stranger here;

Yet I, know of my fountain’s birth. And I as son, an heir

of all He hath,

Will one day return

from once I sprang.


Scheme XX XX XX X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 11011 111001011 1101010 01101001 11111101 1111011101001 11110101 11111101011111 1111 11101 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 429
Words 93
Sentences 3
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 36
Words per stanza (avg) 9

About this poem

As an avid outdoorsman, one of my favorite things is getting to a place with absolutely no light pollution and laying out on a mountain or high alpine lake shore watching the night sky. I have always enjoyed and been intrigued by Gerard Hopkins' life and his poetry and I often think of him when under the night sky.

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Submitted by GCTHOMAS on January 14, 2024

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GCThomas

Lover of mountains, gardening, and simple living. A social worker & mental health professional by day; a poet by night. more…

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