Analysis of I Hear The Stars Still Singing
James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)
I hear the stars still singing
To the beautiful, silent night,
As they speed with noiseless winging
Their ever westward flight.
I hear the waves still falling
On the stretch of lonely shore,
But the sound of a sweet voice calling
I shall hear, alas! no more.
| Scheme | ABABACAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | ~Sicilian Octave |
| Metre | 1101110 10100101 1111110 110101 1101110 1011101 101101110 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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