Analysis of Under the moonlight
You say you are just a shell
Of the person you used to be
Since being with others, you fell
And was left to pick up the debris.
With thoughts that swirl in your head
You feel abandoned and left in the fields
Let me give you breath instead
Using my body as your shield.
Shielding you against the nippy gust of sorrow and pain
All the while laying under the moon
You start to release your chain
And not a minute too soon.
As the waves bust against the shore
Our bodies become like one
Giving to each other what we beg for
And enjoying every bit of the fun.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1111101 10101111 11011011 011111001 1111011 1101001001 1111101 10110111 10101010111001 101101001 1110111 0101011 10110101 10100111 1011101111 00101001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 539 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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