This is an analysis of the poem The Tartarus Of The Suns that begins with:

Beyond the orbit of the farthest sun,
A desert darkness lies — immeasured night...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcXXX aXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101000101 01010110001 1111111101 0111011110 10011010001 111101111 10010001001 0100010011 0101110001 1011110101 1111011101 1111011011 1111010100 11011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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