This is an analysis of the poem Destiny that begins with:
There was a star that lit my life
It hath set to rise no more,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cded fcXc XdeXdbdgX ehXh cede ihih ccfc XbdbXgbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 0110111 1100100101 1111101 1101011011 101101 1111100111 111111 11011101 101101 1100100101 110101 11011101 0111101 1100100101 011110 1 11110101 110111 10111110101 111100 11011111 11010010 1111111101 0011010 10011111 0111110 1111101101 1101010 10011011 1101010 011110111 1101010 111111101 10100111 1011001001 101101 001010101 110101 11111101 010101 01011111 1101101 1100100101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Destiny;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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