This is an analysis of the poem The Stars Go Over The Lonely Ocean that begins with:

Unhappy about some far off things
That are not my affair, wandering...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdc eacXXdc cXdaXac XcaeXdc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011111 111101100 0101110110 110010 0111001010 101111 10001111010 01101010111 1111011010 0110010110 11011 101110010100 011101 1001111010 11001111 110010101 101100101 111100 101110010100 10110011 10011111010 101001110100 101111010 101101010 101011 111011010000 1010111 1001111010 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; talk is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The Stars Go Over The Lonely Ocean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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