Analysis of Love's Astrology
William Watson 1858 (Burley in Wharfedale) – 1935 (Rottingdean)
I know not if they erred
Who thought to see
The tale of all the times to be,
Star-character'd;
I know not, neither care,
If fools or knaves they were.
But this I know: last night
On me there shone
Two stars
that made all stars look wan
And shamèd quite,
Wherefrom the soul of me
Divined her destiny.
| Scheme | ABBAXX CX XXCBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1111 01110111 11 111101 111110 111111 1111 11 111111 0111 10111 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 2, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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