This is an analysis of the poem To A Star that begins with:

Thou little star, that in the purple clouds
Hang'st, like a dewdrop, in a violet bed;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdedfcfcbXXbcaeagcgchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101100101 11010001001 11010100101 1111011111 1111111101 1001011101 1101011100 01011001101 1101010101 0100010101 0100111100 1111010101 11110111001 111101110 11110011110 11011100001 0111111101 0110010111 0101110100 11011101110 1001111101 11110110111 1111110101 10111101011 1101010001 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word perchance is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of To A Star;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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