This is an analysis of the poem Stars that begins with:

Now in the West the slender moon lies low,
And now Orion glimmers through the trees,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 1101010101 1001010111 1101010101 01110010101 1101010101 11010011111 1101010101 1101010101 1101010111 1101010101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; now, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Stars;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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