Analysis of Vigil



In the darkest
coldest night

when the moon
and stars
are eerie clear

suspended
in stillness
echoing off
the walls of solitude

the silence
of the coming answer


Scheme XX XXX XXXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 0010 101 101 01 1101 010 010 1001 01110 010 101010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 164
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 4, 2
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by Traian06 on December 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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