Analysis of Leave The Light On
Leave the light on in the hall
the dark shadows in my room
seem to move.
What was that I saw?
A figure creeps across the wall,
But it’s just a shadow after all.
What is that creaking sound
coming up the stairs?
It is just the dark
playing on my fears.
Turn the light off in the hall,
for shadows are only shadows
After all.
| Scheme | ABCDAAEFGHAIA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011001 011011 111 11111 01010101 11101101 111101 10101 11101 10111 1011001 111101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 313 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on October 25, 2010
Modified on April 02, 2023
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