This is an analysis of the poem Kepler's Apostrophe that begins with:

Yes! on the annals of my race,
In characters of flame, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dcdc efef gcgc bgbg eaea hihi haha jfjf kdkdXgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010011 010001 11111101 111101 010111101 1101001 11100101 110101 101010101 110111 10111001 110001 01010101 111101 11010101 111101 01111101 111101 11010011 010011 10010101 110101 11110101 011001 110110011 1101001 110010101 010101 10010101 110111 11011101 011011 110111001 101101 0101101001 110101 11111101 010111 11111101 1100101 110001001 110101 11000101 1010001 11000101 100101 11111001 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Kepler's Apostrophe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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