This is an analysis of the poem To An Astronomer that begins with:
Upon the Professor we'll waste not a glance,
Since he has no eyes for us poor terrestrials;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001011101 11111111100 001111101001 1111110010100 11111101011 1110111111011 101001111011 110110010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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.
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- summary of To An Astronomer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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