Analysis of Star Singers
last nite i dreaMt of travelers ...following A star
east to west they journeyed ...Gifts in caskets and in jars
they rode by nIght and slept by day..the star their only guide
all thIs to see a baby boy....and kneel down by his side
star singers we are great full...of your ancient hoLy quest
to welcome tO the woRld...the one we know as blessed
star singers we will not forget..the sacrifice you made
never to return to home...and wander all your Days
civil i say shun not these men...for they be Known as kings
blessed with the wIsdom of the earth ...and even heaveNly things
and just before I began to awake...i heard a Gentle voice
"take comfort now that i have come and in all things do rejoice"
| Scheme | XXAA BBXX CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1111110010001 1111101010001 1111011111101 1111010111111 1101111110101 11010111111 11011111011 101011110111 1011111111111 110101010101001 01011011110101 110111110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 688 |
| Words | 137 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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