Analysis of A Flower's Song
Abram Joseph Ryan 1839 (Hagerstown) – 1886 (Louisville)
Star! Star, why dost thou shine
Each night upon my brow?
Why dost thou make me dream the dreams
That I am dreaming now?
Star! Star, thy home is high --
I am of humble birth;
Thy feet walk shining o'er the sky,
Mine, only on the earth.
Star! Star, why make me dream?
My dreams are all untrue;
And why is sorrow dark for me
And heaven bright for you?
Star! Star, oh, hide thy ray,
And take it off my face;
Within my lowly home I stay,
Thou, in thy lofty place.
Star! Star, and still I dream,
Along thy light afar
I seem to soar until I seem
To be, like you, a star.
| Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEXE FGFG DHDH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111111 110111 11111101 111101 111111 111101 111101001 110101 111111 111101 01110111 010111 111111 011111 01110111 101101 110111 011101 11110111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 552 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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