This is an analysis of the poem The Giver Of Stars that begins with:

Hold your soul open for my welcoming.
Let the quiet of your spirit bathe me... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX aXXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011100 1010011011 00111010 111110111 01011111010100 10100101111011 1001111010010 01110101 110101101101 1110111 11000010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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