Analysis of The Morning Star
John Bannister Tabb 1845 (Amelia County) – 1909 ( Ellicott City)
The latest beacon spark
Upon the western way
To guide thro' shallowing dark
The silver sails of Day.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 010101 010101 11111 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 105 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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