This is an analysis of the poem Meditation Under Stars that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbXddddefdeefdadda gghhffXiaXbbiaiXXbbdbdX iijjiibiicXcbiCcicbbcfcXCfjdjiicfcdjcfjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,23,40,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 110101 01010111 11001001 110101 0101000 010011 01110101 11010111 010011 11010101 01000111 01011101 010111 111101001 01110101 110110111 110011 110101 010101 011111 11000101 1000001 100110101 110001 11010011 01110101 0101010011 0101010101 11011101 11111101 11111101001 0110000101 110101101 01111101 10110101 110101100 11011111 01010111 11001101 10100101 11110100 010111 0100100 01010101 0101010001 101100101001 00110011 1101011101 010101 110001 0100010101 0101010101 0101001111 00011101000 0101011011 1101110111 11010101001 1111110101 1010010101 1111010101 1101011101 1101011111 11110101011 0101010101 1101111111 00110011 1111110101 1101100011 11010011010 01000010111 0100110101 10110100111 1000000101 0101100101 011101 010101 1111010101 1101010 010101 0101000101 11111101010 11111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 753
- Average number of words per stanza: 137
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, to, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, not are repeated.
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- summary of Meditation Under Stars;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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