This is an analysis of the poem The Starlight Night that begins with:
Look at the stars! look, look up at the skies!
O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba aaXcca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111101 1111010110001 01110101001 101101010101 0111111101 1110010011101 11110110111 110010101001 1111111011 1101111101 111111001010 1101011001 0101110101 111101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; look, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word look is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Starlight Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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