Analysis of Fancies

Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)



From Wellington Terrace.
  WHITE stars above, red stars beneath,
 And o'er the bay the brooding hills:
 No murmur, save a quiet breath
 That faintly through the darkness thrills,
 The bay with shadowed lights a-blur;
 On high a glow that waves and wanes;
 And through the city here and there
 The red-lit streets—like living veins!


Scheme ABCDCEFGF
Poetic Form
Metre 110010 11011101 010010101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11011101 01010101 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 341
Words 56
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 256
Words per stanza (avg) 54
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams was a journalist and author. He started his career in New Zealand, though he spent most of it in Australia, and for a short time lived in China and London.  more…

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