This is an analysis of the poem What Time The Morning Stars Arise that begins with:

ABOVE him spreads the purple sky,
Beneath him spreads the ether sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbbX cdcd efef gdgd Xhih cacX dgdg jkjk dgdg glgl icic mbmb ccccXjdjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 01110101 11010111 11011100 110100001 10011001 10111111 01110101 1100100001 01011111 01001101 11010100 11010001 01010111 01010101 01010101 11010101 01000111 010011001 11010101 1111000010 11010011 11110101 10011101 11010111 11110101 01101111 01010101 01010001 11010111 11011101 01110101 11010101 11010101 00010111 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 01010111 11111101 11011101 00010111 01000101 11110101 11110101 11110111 11010101 11110001 11010101 010111011 11010001 01010101 01011111 11011101 11011101 11011101 11011111 11010101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; him, of, he, sees are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, a, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word ho at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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