Analysis of To the Morrow



To the Morrow

The dregs of day are drifting
The lowering light of sunset
tinged with orange as soft as satin,
their tails frayed and faltering

Cicadas sing in the lost places
where light does not plump nor intrude
Lazy frogs do not jump
unless an interloper spirals by

This is the lingering peace of night
where creatures, noir, frolic
Children hush in sleepy lumps
and mothers sigh with weariness

Swamps and ponds begin to hum
with the life brought about by darkness
Eyes of a king gator blink like traffic lights
Susserations of snakes sing

Only the hour before sunrise is silent
One world seeping into silence
the other, with lazy lids awakening
to a sun that shouts in glory


Scheme X AXXA XXXX XXXB XBXA XXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 0111110 0100111 111011110 1110100 010100110 11111101 101111 011100101 110100111 110110 1010101 01011100 1010111 101101110 11011011101 1111 10010011110 11100110 01011010100 10111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 658
Words 121
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on March 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sherry Asbury

Sherry Asbury is a well-known poet from Portland, Oregon. She lives there with her rescue cats Chico and Sissie. Her days are spent on her writing efforts and her evenings are spent reading novels by Stuart Woods and other mystery writers more…

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