This is an analysis of the poem The Poet that begins with:
Only on me, the lonely one,
The unending stars of the night shine, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabacddeaceefaXXgdaXdcgdbaXdXfg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110101 001010011 0110100101 0101010101 010011001001 11110010101 101111 101011010001001 10101011 01010101001 01001 01101011 01011010001000110001 010001111011 0010101001 1110100 10100010011 1001101011110 011010011 11010011010010 1101011001 1011001010 101100100 100101010000101 10010010 0101111 010010100110 010100010001 111011010 1101 1110101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 33
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, neither are repeated.
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- summary of The Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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