This is an analysis of the poem To The Morning Star that begins with:

Triumphant rise, O star, on pinions fleet,
Before the east with budding dawn grows white,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa bbcbbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101111101 0101010111 1101010101 11011010101 0101111101 1101100101 1111010101 1101011111 10110101001 11111110001 110101001001 1101111001 1101111101 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, of are repeated.

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