This is an analysis of the poem The Old Pole Star that begins with:

BEFORE the clepsydra had bound the days
Man tethered Change to his fixed star, and said:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcX addad edeed fccfc gXggX Xbabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101001101 1101001111 1101011111 11110101001 11010101110 1101010101 0100110101 1111110111 0100010100 01110011101 0100011101 1101010101 1111001111 1101010101 0111011101 11010100101 011101101 1001010001 1101110111 1101010001 0111110111 1111010011 10010110011 1101000101 11010101100 1101010101 1111011111 1111010111 1101010101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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