This is an analysis of the poem The Drover Of The Stars that begins with:

IT is little I care for earth's kings,
Its emperors, sultans and czars,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacdddXeaebXdeaedeXfafcbabddXdXafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011111 01001011 111001011 101011101 111001011 101111111 101101001 101101001 11101001 101001101 11001001 11011111 11011011 111110100 11101001 11010011 11011001 101101101 11101001 11101001 111111001 01011011 11001001 110001001 110001011 11001011 11101001 11111111 11001001 11001111 11011111 01101001 1101001 01011011 11101001 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 253
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, who are repeated.

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  • summary of The Drover Of The Stars;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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