This is an analysis of the poem Mount Hamilton * that begins with:

Through the still darks, the searchers, from this height,
Vigil the wheeling worlds upon their course; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010001 1001010111 1011010011 0101111011 100101010110100 10010011010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mount Hamilton *;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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