Analysis of Hora Stellatrix

Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)



The stars hang thick in the apple tree,
The south wind smells of the pungent sea,
Gold tulip cups are heavy with dew.
The night's for you, Sweetheart, for you!
Starfire rains from the vaulted blue.

Listen! The dancing of unseen leaves.
A drowsy swallow stirs in the eaves.
Only a maiden is sorrowing.
'T is night and spring, Sweetheart, and spring!
Starfire lights your heart's blossoming.

In the intimate dark there's never an ear,
Though the tulips stand on tiptoe to hear,
So give; ripe fruit must shrivel or fall.
As you are mine, Sweetheart, give all!
Starfire sparkles, your coronal.


Scheme AABBB CCDDD EEFFF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 011100101 011110101 110111011 0111111 1110101 100101011 010101001 1001011 11101101 1111100 00100111011 101011111 111111011 1111111 11011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 597
Words 104
Sentences 13
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Amy Lowell

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. more…

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