This is an analysis of the poem "Star Light, Star Bright--" that begins with:
Star, that gives a gracious dole,
What am I to choose?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe fgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11101 10000101 110101 1110101 11111 11111100 010101 1011101 11101 11111000 010101 1111101 11111 11011111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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- summary of "Star Light, Star Bright--";
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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