This is an analysis of the poem Go And Catch A Falling Star that begins with:

Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddd efefffaaa gbgbhhfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1010111 1111101 1110101 11011110 10111010 11 11 10011101 0111011 1010001 1110111 1111111 11110111 11101011 11 11 1010111 0111111 1010001 1111111 1111111 11011110 11111110 11 00 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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

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  • history of its creation;
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