This is an analysis of the poem The Glorious Stars Of Heaven that begins with:

I'll ne'er believe that the Arch-Architect
With all these fires the heavenly arches decked... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeecbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101101101 011100100101 10111011001 001011010001 11011011011 1101010101 1011100101 1111110001 1101010001 110100101011 1101111101 10010010100 11010111010 11010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; that is repeated.

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

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