Analysis of Star of Ethiopia
Lucian B. Watkins 1879 (Chesterfield, Virginia) – 1921
Out in the Night thou art the sun
Toward which thy soul-charmed children run,
The faith-high height whereon they see
The glory of their Day To Be—
The peace at last when all is done.
The night is dark but, one by one,
Thy signals, ever and anon,
Smile beacon answers to their plea,
Out in the Night.
Ah, Life! thy storms these cannot shun;
Give them a hope to rest upon,
A dream to dream eternally,
The strength of men who would be free
And win the battle race begun,
Out in the Night!
Scheme | aabba aabC axbbaC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10011101 011111101 0111111 01011111 01111111 01111111 1101001 11010111 1001 11111101 11011101 01110100 01111111 01010101 1001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 513 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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