This is an analysis of the poem The Aurora Australis that begins with:
A radiance in the midnight sky
No white moon gave, nor yellow star;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gEGE Xeae hihi fjfj gcgc chch bjbXXgEGE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010000111 11111101 11011101 110110101 110000101 010101001 11010111 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11001101 11111001 01011011 11010111 011100111 01111100 11010101 01110101 01000101 11110101 01110100 11011101 11010101 11011111 01110110 01010101 01010101 11011101 01100101 01111001 11010101 01010101 11010111 11010101 01010101 11010001 01010111 11010001 01111101 11111101 01011011 11010111 011100111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Aurora Australis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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