Analysis of Until Daylight's Retreat
Having fun with the words,
the party lasted till dawn
The sun now a blanket,
covered verses to warm
Having fun with the words,
all new phrases to sleep
Resting inside my heart,
until daylight’s retreat
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
| Scheme | Ax xx Ax xx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 0101011 011010 101011 101101 111011 100111 01101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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