Analysis of My Shadow at night



I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me. And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, extra ordinary like me, from his heels up to his head. I see him jump before me,  when I take the leap to bed.
One morning very early, before the sun was up. I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup.
Then, noticed that my lazy little shadow like a silly sleepyhead, had stayed at home behind me, and was fast asleep in bed.  


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 110101110011101110111111111 11101010011111111111110111110111 110101001011111010101110010 11011101011010111110110110101
Characters 458
Words 98
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 86
Words per line (avg) 24
Letters per stanza (avg) 345
Words per stanza (avg) 96

About this poem

I wrote this November of 2002

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Written on October 30, 2002

Submitted by ARNEWBOLD2022 on December 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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