Analysis of Tonight



Tonight I will think,
Tonight I will read,
Tonight I will pray,
Tonight I will sleep,
Tonight I will dream.
Tonight I will fear,
Tonight I will be comforted,
These things will all happen
But only Tonight.


Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Poetic Form Nonet (33%)
Metre 01111 01111 01111 01111 01111 01111 01111100 111110 11001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 37
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 160
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on November 04, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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