This is an analysis of the poem The Comet that begins with:
The Comet! He is on his way,
And singing as he flies;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXded fbfbdaga eaXadhdh iabadjbj diXXjefe jbkbejdj flelXddd kbbbbjdjXhdcdjgdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 110111 01010101 010001 11110111 110111 110101001 110101 11110101 110111 11100111 110111 11001001 010111 11010101 111101 11110001 111101 00010101 111100 11110111 110101 10111101 001001 11010101 010101 1101101 110101 1101101 010101 11011101 110101 11010101 110001 11010101 010100 11110101 110111 11011011 010111 11010111 010101 11011101 1101001 11010111 110101 11010101 011111 11010101 010101 11010101 010001 11110101 010101 110010101 1000101 11011101 1001001 01000101 1101001 11110101 1101001 11010111 110111 11111101 0100111 01010101 1101101 10011101 111101 11111101 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; he, spare are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, ten, he, and, full are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Comet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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