This is an analysis of the poem Astronomer that begins with:
Sky-man in a manhole
with astronomy for dream,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb ccX bXd ecb XaX eeb Xdc XbXXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 0010011 0100111 111010 010010 100110 1011 100001 011111 10100 0010 10101 00111 1101 00100101 1010101 0110 01001 1001010 01010 1010010 00101 010011 101010 0101 001101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Astronomer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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