Analysis of Light Dips Into Night
The light dips into night
And I’m waiting
It’s arms turn as a bird in flight
And I’m still waiting
I’ll wait ‘til morning never comes
I’ll wait and wait as the drummers drum
I’ll wait until my heart grows numb
Oh hold me close
I’m fading
| Scheme | ABABCDDEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 011011 0110 11110101 01110 11110101 110110101 11011111 1111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 245 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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