Dusk to Dawn
Andy Lyle 1951 (Londonderry)
The day put on her twilight veil
And walked off into the night
No moon or stars to show the way
Just darkness to dull her sight
Then silently from east it came
A silver eerie kind of light
Casting shadows from the hedgerows
Making all around seem bright
The mystic moon her place she took
Way up high in autumn sky
Day walked on with quickened pace
As silent shadows slipped on by
At last her walk came to an end
As dawns fingers fanned the sky
With a reddish glow like lava
To bring morning to you and I
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Submitted by andylyle1 on October 07, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XABA XCBC XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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