Analysis of Lingard and the Stars
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
The table hurled itself, to our surprise,
At Lingard, and anon rapped eagerly:
“When earth is cold and there is no more sea,
There will be what was Lingard. Otherwise,
Why lure the race to ruin through the skies?
And why have Leffingwell, or Calverly?”—
“I wish the ghost would give his name,” said he;
And searching gratitude was in his eyes.
He stood then by the window for a time,
And only after the last midnight chime
Smote the day dead did he say anything:
“Come out, my little one, the stars are bright;
Come out, you lælaps, and inhale the night.”
And so he went away with Clavering.
Scheme | ABBAABBA CCDEED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111001 110011100 1111011111 111111010 1101110101 01110011 1101111111 010101011 1111010101 010100111 101111110 1111010111 1111100101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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