This is an analysis of the poem Lines.—oft On That Latest Star that begins with:
Oft on that latest star of purest light,
That hovers on the verge of morning gray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 1111011111 1101011101 10110100111 110010111011 1111011001 1111010001 11110101010 1111010101 11110101010 1111010101 1111111101 1111011011 1101010111 11010010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, of, thy, and are repeated.
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