This is an analysis of the poem Look, Who Is Roving In The Sky! that begins with:

Look, who is roving in the sky!
I am he, I am he, the echoing word replies! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaXAB cXXcAB XdadAB deeXAB XXXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010001 1111110100101 10100111101 110100101010 11010001 1111110100101 1010000010000110 111100010001010 1111011101 1010101001010010100 11010001 1111110100101 101010100010101 111001001 1100001001 10010001001001 11010001 1111110100101 011011011 101000001001 11011110110011 01010011 11010001 1111110100101 100100100010101 100110101 1101110010101 11010001 1111110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; i, of, without, he are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word replies at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Look, Who Is Roving In The Sky!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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