Analysis of In the still of the night
Alan Greer 1960 (Paisley)
In the still of the night
In the still of the night
When all mankind is sleeping
When lovers kiss
And the lonely lay weeping
In the still of the night
When children are at rest
When mothers sleep
As daytime is a test
In the still of the night
When animals move around
People rarely see them
As they offer little sound
In the still of the night
When owls screech and hoot
Little mice and creatures
Move silently underfoot
In the still of the night
The moon does cast its glow
Lighting up the land
Showing us where to go
In the still of the night
Where dreams often wake
Nightmares make you shudder
Quiver and shake
In the still of the night
Sitting by the campfire
Watching flames flicker
Is a sight I admire
In the still of the night
Oooohhhhh what a lovely sight.......
Written by
A.Greer
2017
Scheme | A Abxb Acxc Adxd Axxx Aexe Afgf Aggx Aa xgx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001101 001101 1111110 1101 0010110 001101 110111 1101 11101 001101 1100101 101011 1110101 001101 11101 101010 110001 001101 011111 10101 101111 001101 11101 11110 1001 001101 101010 10110 101101 001101 110101 101 1 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 806 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem sitting late at night by the campfire..just listening to the night sounds
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Written on June 08, 2017
Submitted by Alangreer1 on April 02, 2022
Modified on April 24, 2023
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