Analysis of Twilight Morning
On a cold, twilight morning
surrounded by forest as far as I can see,
I wait patiently for the sun to rise.
Silhouettes of distant trees
poised on mountain tops,
slowly come into view, faintly backlit
by the promise of a new day.
Wrapped in a blanket, I am,
keeping my body’s warmth contained within,
past calories ingested, now fueling
my internal fire.
In the distance, a couple birds,
through their morning calls,
let others know they survived the night,
escaping the great-horned owl that patrols these forests.
Half-moon hangs in the western sky
reflecting light from the sun, still hidden
behind mountains and far-flung horizons.
Another thirty minutes or so
before Helios illuminates the striated clouds
with pastel pinks and blues.
So quiet now, as if the earth herself
is still in drowsy slumber.
A mystical time, betwixt night and day,
growing slowly into wakefulness.
Nocturnal creatures now begin their respite
in hollow tree, burrow or den,
while others, aware of renewed existence,
revel in the breaking dawn.
Cold air, warmed somewhat
in nasal passages, fills my lungs with
life-giving sustenance.
I breathe deeply.
It’s a good day to be alive!
Scheme | ABX XXCC XXAD XXCX XXX XXX XDCB CXEX CXE BX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 010110111111 1110010111 011101 11101 101011101 10101011 1001011 101110101 1100010110 101010 00100101 11101 110110101 0100111101110 11100101 0101101110 0110011010 010101011 0110010011 101101 1101110101 1101010 0100101101 1010011 01010101110 01011011 11001101010 1000101 11111 0101001111 110100 1110 10111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,196 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Inspired by Nature.
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Written on December 14, 2022
Submitted by BDFRichmond on December 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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