This is an analysis of the poem The Wishing Star. that begins with:

Day floated down the sky; a perfect day,
Leaving a footprint of pale primrose gold... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdefbcabeXcgdfhXXiichhjcXcXhccXaXdaeejbacbedbaibfgeXXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010011 1001101111 0101110101 1001010001 0101011111 00111000101 1111010001 11110111 0101000101 1110110101 11010111011 110110100101 0100010111 1101010101 0101111111 1011010101 0111011101 1101110101 1111010100 0101010101 1101010111 11010101001 010101011110 0101101101 1101100111 1111001101 1111111101 0111010100 11111010111 1011111101 1101110101 1111000101 1101111011 1001000101 1111110111 110111111010 1111010101 01011111101 1001000111 110111010101 1101100101 0011001101 01010000111 0101011111 0101010111 11001010111 0111110101 01010101001 1111110111 1111111101 1101101101 11100111111 110101000011 10101111101 1011010100 10011010011 1011011111 1100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 485
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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; that, ', of are repeated.

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

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

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