Analysis of Evening
Victoria Sackville-West 1862 (Paris) – 1936 (Roedean, Sussex)
When little lights in little ports come out,
Quivering down through water with the stars,
And all the fishing fleet of slender spars
Range at their moorings, veer with tide about;
When race of wind is stilled and sails are furled,
And underneath our single riding-light
The curve of black-ribbed deck gleams palely white,
And slumbrous waters pool a slumbrous world;
--Then, and then only, have I thought how sweet
Old age might sink upon a windy youth,
Quiet beneath the riding-light of truth,
Weathered through storms, and gracious in retreat.
Scheme | ABBA ACCX DEED |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101010111 1001110101 0101011101 1111011101 1111110111 0011010101 011111111 01101011 1011011111 1111010101 1001010111 1011010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 542 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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