This is an analysis of the poem To An Astrologer that begins with:
Nay, seer, I do not doubt thy mystic lore,
Nor question that the tenor of my life, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdaebfgh XcXddfhhXce hegXeXeh fgaXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111101 1101010011 1011010001 1011011101 1111010101 0111111011 1101110001 1100011111 1111010111 0111110101 0101010101 1011111011 0101010001 110110100 1101110001 1101010101 0101010100 0101010101 0101010101 01011101010 0101010111 110010101 11 1111010101 0100010011 1101110100 1111110111 0111110101 0100110001 1010110101 1011010111 110011101 0101011101 0101110011 110100101110 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, or, to are repeated.
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