Stars
Katherine Mansfield 1888 (Wellington) – 1923 (Fontainebleau, Île-de-France)
Most merciful God
Look kindly upon
An impudent child
Who wants sitting on.
This evening late
I went to the door
And then to the gate
There were more stars--more
Than I could have expected,
Even I!
I was amazed,
Almighty, August!
I was utterly dazed,
Omnipotent! Just
In a word I was floored,
Good God of Hosts--Lord!
That at this time of day
They should still blaze away,
That thou hadst not rejected
Or at least circumspected
Their white silver beauty--
Was it spite? Was it duty?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEDEFGHIHIJJKKLAMM |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 470 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
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