Analysis of Stone
What makes a rock a stone?
What grants a granite grace
Of solemn certitude which weathers out an age?
The hands, rough riverbed base,
Which coarse, both wound and hone,
Such David-worthy stones to set the stage.
| Scheme | ABCBAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 110101 11010110111 011101 111101 1101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Font size:
1 fan
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Stone" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/168392/stone>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Douglas Aster poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In