This is an analysis of the poem The Attributes Of Planets In Our Solar System that begins with:

Do not aspire to achieve heights of greatness,
And be prone to make typographical errors......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdec XaefdXfb gXXeabb hbehX X hXgc XXXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,5,1,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011010 101011010010 011 01101010 11000101 11101001011 010 1010 01010010100 10111 1101001 10100 00100101 11111 00100011001 0100 1111000100110101 0100010 0101010011010 100110101001 01 111010101 1111001 1110111010 100 111 01011011110 11100101010010 11 1111 111100110 1100101 1 10101010100110101 111100 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of The Attributes Of Planets In Our Solar System;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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