Analysis of TWILIGHT ELEGY
Traveling the frigid asphalt of the ebon highway
Into the stark twilight of an Oppressive winter’s day
Rushing towards the shelter of our warm place
Leafless branches twisting in the cold evening breeze
Reach out with skeletal Fingers
Hoping to turn us from our journey
Snow covered hillsides beckon in the distance
Seen Through the Approaching gloom,
Yearning for that last lingering touch of vernal sunshine
Urban monoliths stare with cold dark eyes
As we hurry past, into the approaching night
Wishing they could join us on our journey
Streetlights bathe our way with soft golden glow
As tired wheels grind snow covered streets, searching for
The warm glow of that open door which welcomes us home.
Douglas Elliott Pierce 2022
| Scheme | AAX XXB XXX XXB XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10001011011 0101111010101 100101011011 101010001101 11110010 1011111010 1101100010 1100101 1011110011101 101011111 111010100101 10111111010 1110111101 110111101101 0111110111011 101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 755 |
| Words | 133 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
I began composing this poem while coming home from my grandson's hocky match on a cold march evening.
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