Analysis of What do the stars do
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)
What do the stars do
Up in the sky,
Higher than the wind can blow,
Or the clouds can fly?
Each star in its own glory
Circles, circles still;
As it was lit to shine and set,
And do its Maker's will.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 1001 1010111 10111 1101110 10101 11111101 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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