Analysis of Nocturn



My mother always told me, "Don't
be fearful of the night.
The darkness cannot hurt you when
the stars are shining bright.

There's nothing neath the veil of black
that isn't there by day.
Appreciate the night, my child,
and all will be okay."

I took her prudent words to heart
and loved nocturnal things.
The moon appears up in the sky,
and oh what peace it brings.

The darkness sets my mind at ease,
and I shall not be swayed.
I love the night too fondly now
to ever be afraid.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101111 110101 01010111 011101 11010111 110111 0100111 01111 11010111 010101 01011001 011111 01011111 011111 11011101 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 480
Words 105
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

inspired by “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” ― Sarah Williams

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Submitted by davidi.89730 on May 20, 2023

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Dave Irby

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