This is an analysis of the poem A Hope that begins with:
Twin stars, aloft in ether clear,
Around each other roll alway,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab cXcb cbcb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 01110110 01110101 011100111 110010111 011100110 11011101 11010111 11101101 11010111 11110111 11100011 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of A Hope;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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