Analysis of Morning Messenger
Morning's light intrudes upon the night
Orange beams of clouds span across the sky
Behind the edge of the Earth
The sun burns bright
Singeing the eastern boundary
Now orange and pale against the dark
At the first sight of a pale blue
A crow flies silent
A shadow against the faint morning light
Carrying with him the spirit of the night
The gliding silhouette rests peacefully
On the street light that scares away
The shadows out of men
The first of his daily duties
The first of his daily warnings
Sitting alone he scans the city scape
Like a man hunting out his prey
Is anyone listening?
Are they supposed to?
Questions best asked by men
and not by crows
Scheme | ABCADEFGAADHIJKLHMFIN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010101 1011110101 0101101 0111 1010100 110010101 10111011 01110 010101101 10011010101 010011100 10111101 01111 01111010 01111010 1001110101 10110111 110100 11011 101111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 533 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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