This is an analysis of the poem When I Heard The Learned Astronomer that begins with:
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010100 10101001010011 11110111010101 1100 111010010011100 10100101 11101001011011 11011011101111 0010011110101 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 477
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
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