Analysis of To-Night
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
Harry, you know at night
The larks in Castle Alley
Sing from the attic's height
As if the electric light
Were the true sun above a summer valley:
Whistle, don't knock, to-night.
I shall come early, Kate:
And we in Castle Alley
Will sit close out of sight
Alone, and ask no light
Of lamp or sun above a summer valley:
To-night I can stay late.
| Scheme | ABAABA CBAABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 0101010 11011 1100101 00110101010 101111 111101 0101010 111111 010111 11110101010 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 339 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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