This is an analysis of the poem The Star-Bath that begins with:

A place uplifted towards the midnight sky
Far, far away among the mountains old,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacacddddefefdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01100010111 1101010101 0101011101 10110111001 1001010111 0101110111 1101011001 1001011111 101100101111 111010111 0101111101 110101010011 010100110101 0101100111 1101110101 0101010011 1001010101 11001111101 11010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 832
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of is repeated.

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

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