This is an analysis of the poem Her Star that begins with:

When the heavens throb and vibrate
All along their silver veins,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbb dedefe geaege dhihgh dafaaa bagXfa cdX ahiheh XejeaX bbfbXb Xhahjh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,3,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 1011101 00101010 10100101 11111110 101101 10101110 1010111 11101100 1010101 11101010 1010101 10101110 0010101 10111010 1001111 11101110 1111101 11111010 0011101 101110000 1001111 1011101 1010001 10111010 0010011 11101010 1110001 10111000 0110101 11101110 1010101 11101010 1010110 1000101 0010111 10010001001 010010000011 01101001 10101011 1010101 10111010 1010101 10101011 1110101 11101010 1011101 10111010 1010101 11110010 0011000 11101010 1111101 11101010 1110101 10111110 1010101 11111100 1110001 11111011 1010101 11110110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, i, love are repeated.

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  • summary of Her Star;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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