This is an analysis of the poem When All The Stars Become A Memory that begins with:

When all the stars become a memory
Hid in the heart of heaven: when the sun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXaab cccXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010100 1001010101 1101000101 10010010001 01110101000 0101010111 1001110101 1101011000 1111010001 1111011101 110001010101 1111010110 1111010001 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; s is repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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