Analysis of The Starlings

Charles Kingsley 1819 – 1875



Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings,
Beneath the freezing house-eaves I heard the starlings sing-
'Ah dreary March month, is this then a time for building wearily?
Sad, sad, to think that the year is but begun.'

Late in the autumn, on still and cloudless evenings,
Among the golden reed-beds I heard the starlings sing-
'Ah that sweet March month, when we and our mates were courting merrily;
Sad, sad, to think that the year is all but done.'


Scheme ABCD ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 100111101010 010101111011 1101111101110100 11111011101 100101101010 010101111011 11111110101010100 11111011111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 456
Words 86
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 176
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley was a priest of the Church of England, a university professor, historian and novelist. more…

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