This is an analysis of the poem Stars that begins with:
Wild eyes—and faces ashen grey
That strain through lofty prison bars ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba acca deed fggfXbeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11110101 01010101 11010111 10111111 11011111 01110111 110111101 0100000110 01010001 01010001 010101110 0101010001 10011101 0100100101 11011101 11011101 01110011 11010111 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 804
- Average number of words per stanza: 132
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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