This is an analysis of the poem 'Arcturus' Is His Other Name that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbc ddXX ebXX XfXf XggXg feXX Xac eXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,5,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10000101 110111 0101010 011101 11010101 010101 101001000 111111 11010001 010001 01010001 110001 01110101 1000011 11010100 010101 11110 0101 110101 11110111 011101 10011101 110111 11010111 1101100 010100101 110101101100111 111111 11010001 010101 1101101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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