This is an analysis of the poem Under Starlight that begins with:
I've been waiting,
For this moment...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEXE AFGBEBE hHDHHI X ABCDEXE hHDHHI X AFGBEBEXeebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,1,7,6,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 1010 1010 1001111 111 1011101 1111 1010 1010 0010 101111 1111 11110011 101 00100 00100 111001 0110 101100100 11 010001 1010 1010 1010 1001111 111 1011101 1111 10100 00100 111001 0110 101100100 11 1011111 1010 1010 0010 101111 1111 11110011 101 1011001 1101 101011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; this is repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Under Starlight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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