This is an analysis of the poem To The Comet Of 1843 that begins with:

Thy purpose, heavenly stranger, who may tell
But Him, who linked thee to the starry whole? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdefggcdddXhdhigjXchkblekcgdXX bfchliXejihabladgjdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010010111 1111100101 10000110001 0101101101 101100100001 1101010011 11001101101 010100010 01111100010 10010010101 10110100111 01000111 011 1101010111 0101010101 0101010101 01100011101 0101011101 01010100010 1111110101 01010011001 1101101101 1101011111 0001000101 11110101001 11010101010 1101010111 0101100101 1101111111 1111000101 11000101101 11010111011 110001 1101 11011001101 11000110001 01010001001 110101010010 111001 1101 0111011111 1011110111 1101010001 1111010101 1100011101 11010001010 11010010011 1111000101 0001010001 1001110101 1101110011 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 712
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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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