This is an analysis of the poem Stella Maris that begins with:

Why is it I remember yet
You, of all women one has met... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbbdedaaaaffaaddggdDhh cciiffaadejjffhhbbaaff ddjjhhkkllggmmdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,22,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 10110111 01010111 01010001 010100111 111100101 11110111 01010101 10110101 010011100 10010111 111111001 01000101 11111111 111100101 10011101 11011101 11011101 01000111 01010101 11110111 11011111 10010101 11011101 10011001 01000101 10011011 11111101 1001111 11011101 11010101 11010111 11111101 11111111 01110101 10010011 01100100 11011101 00010001 110100111 1110001 01111101 11001011 11111111 010010101 11010001 11110111 000100001 10000101 11111101 11010111 01011101 11000100 110100101 11110101 111100110 010101110 10111111 11000101 11101111 01011011 11010101 01010101 10101101 10011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, your, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Stella Maris;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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