Analysis of The Star
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
Last night
I watched a star fall like a great pearl into the sea,
Till my ego expanding encompassed sea and star,
Containing both as in a trembling cup.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1101110110101 1110010010101 01011001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 157 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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