Analysis of The long night
Jackson elliott 2005 (jerusalem)
When the long night calls
The sun comes to an end
A burst of colors
Gone with nothing to mend
The death of it all
As the sun dies down
while the demon comes
For his heavenly crown
He doesn’t leave
Only stays with a grin
Until someone wakes up
And calls for his kin
And when everyone’s up
The demon goes away
And only his darkness
Is left in dismay
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC DEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111 011111 01110 111011 01111 10111 10101 111001 111 101101 01111 01111 0111 010101 010110 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on April 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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