This is an analysis of the poem With The Stars that begins with:

O shining stars!
Eyes of the night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbccdadXeeffXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1001 1010 1111 1111 1101 1011 1110 111011 0110 1101 1111 1101 11101 101011 0111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of With The Stars;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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