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

AS many stars as are aglow
Deep in the hollows of the night ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec ffff gcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 10010001 110101011 010101 11010111 10000101 11010111 110111 11010111 010101001 110100111 111101 11010101 010111001 01010100 110111 11011101 11011111 10111100 011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; as is repeated.

    The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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