This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Empedocles that begins with:

And you, ye stars,
Who slowly begin to marshal,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaadefaaXcbgXgefagXXdXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11001010 101001010 11010101 1110110 111111001 1111 111100 0110010 011011011 0010010 010001001001010 11110 1101101 010100 00100100 10100101 10110100 1101110 010010010 01011110 01011000 0111011 101111 1001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 729
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, too are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, in, weary are repeated.

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  • summary of The Song Of Empedocles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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