Analysis of Moonlight Shivers
Daniel Rankin 1953 (Yakima Wa)
Got to go and head for the moon
I went outside and heard the loon
I know it is not midnight nor is it noon
So I may be mistaken and heard a goon
So will go back outside one more time and see if it is just a shadow or a night time moon
It is just a sliver
So it might make me shiver
The night has just begun
So I will go out side and try to run
That might hurt my legs
Or it might make me lay an egg
Which if that happens it will be a yoke all over my face
And I will not even have a shoe with a lace.
| Scheme | AAAA ABBCC XXDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101101 11110101 1111111111 11110100101 1111111110111110110111 111010 1111110 011101 1111110111 11111 11111111 111101110111011 011110101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 503 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
This is about the experiences of a cold winter night in a last quarter of a moon phase and how it affects my outlook on life.
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Written on February 13, 2022
Submitted by Danrankin on February 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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