This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of A Comet that begins with:

Pale plummet of the stark immensities,
From perished heavens cast, I fall and flare...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacbXdeefdcbcXbbXdXXccXghhXiigf jajbbiiiigdigdiikdkchhcddcdcjcjcckicki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,38,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011000 0101011111 1111010101 1101 0101010100 11011100101 1101111101 1101010111 01010111 1101 100101010 11101010101 11010101 010101 1101111101 010101100 01010010101 111101 11100 11000101010 0101100 111100 1101010101 1001001 1101001 01011001101 010100101 1110000011 01010101 010111 101101 110101 10001010 010101 1101010001 1111000101 110101 01001100111 011100 01001010101 1111010101 01010001001 110101 1101 1101101001 0101010101 11 1111000101 0011111100 1101010101 1100101 110101 0011010101 1101110101 1000011 1101011100 110101 11010011101 1101010100 1001011101 110111 11010010101 11010101 11 1100010101 110010101 1101010101 1101001101 110111 1111 1110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Song Of A Comet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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