This is an analysis of the poem A Star In A Stoneboat that begins with:
For Lincoln MacVeagh
Never tell me that not one star of all...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaa bbb ccc aaa ddd aaa eee fff ggg hhh hhh iii aaa jjj kkk lll fff mmm nnn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010 1011111101 11010111101 1011010101 11001110111 1101010101 1100011101 1101000001 11110100111 1100110101 1011010111 0111000101 0101010111 1011110101 0101111111 1111110001 1011010001 1111010111 0110010101 1110110001 0111010011 0101000111 11001100101 10111111101 110101101 1101001101 11011100001 1111110101 11101010101 1100110001 0011011001 1101011101 1101010001 01001010101 0111011111 0100010101 0101101101 1111011111 1111110101 1111010101 01001110111 0111010001 11001010011 1111110111 1111011111 11110011111 1111010111 1100010101 0101011111 1111010111 0111110101 0101010101 0111001101 1110110011 1110010101 1100010001 0011010101 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, have, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, the, to are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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