This is an analysis of the poem The Stars Sang In God's Garden that begins with:

The stars sang in God’s garden;
The stars are the birds of God;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xaaa cbcb dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0110110 0110101 0110110 0110101 1101110 110111 11110001 0010001 0111111 011111 01010011 010101 11011111 11111101 01110001 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; god, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, god are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase god connects the lines.

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  • history of its creation;
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