Analysis of Flowers And Stars
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon 1832 – 1879
“Beloved! thou’rt gazing with thoughtful look
On those flowers of brilliant hue,
Blushing in spring tide freshness and bloom,
Glittering with diamond dew:
What dost thou read in each chalice fair,
And what does each blossom say?
Do they not tell thee, my peerless one,
Thou’rt lovelier far than they?”
“Not so—not so, but they whisper low
That quickly will fade their bloom;
Soon will they withered lie on the sod,
Ravished of all perfume;
They tell that youth and beauty below
Are doomed, alas! to decay,
And I, like them, in life’s flower and prime
May pass from this earth away.”
“Too sad thy thoughts! Look up at yon stars,
That gleam in the sapphire skies;
Not clearer their radiance, best beloved,
Than the light of thine own dark eyes!
With no thoughts of death or sad decay,
Can they thy young spirit fill;
Through ages they’ve shone with changeless light,
And yet they are shining still!”
“Ah! they bring before my spirit’s gaze
Dreams of that home so blessed,
Where those who have served the Master well
At length from their labors rest;
And do not chide if, despite all ties,
Of close-clinging earthly love,
There are times when I turn a wistful glance
To that distant home above.”
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101101 11101101 100111001 1001101 111101101 0111101 111111101 11111 111111101 1101111 111101101 11101 111101001 1101101 0111011001 1111101 111111111 11001001 1101100101 10111111 111111101 1111101 11011111 0111101 111011101 111111 111110101 1111101 011110111 1110101 1111110101 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,200 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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