This is an analysis of the poem The Saturnienne that begins with:

Beneath the skies of Saturn, pale and many-mooned,
Her palace is;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaXab cdXXbcbX Xefedfde ghgheXeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010111010 0100 0101010101100 0101110010100 100101 0101010101100 010101 110101111110001 110101010101 0101 01011001100 110101010100 010101 1001010100111 010101 010110001110100 010101010100 1011 11011001101 110100010101 111101 010111010001 110101 11010101010111 110001000111 1101 010101010101 110101010111 0100101 1101010010001 010101 000100101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, and are repeated.

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

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