This is an analysis of the poem Lovers that begins with:

Stars beyond number or imagination
Silent in the sky;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabaXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101010 10001 10010111100 10101 0110101010 0111 01010101000 101011 1001101010 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; in is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Lovers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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