This is an analysis of the poem I Know The Stars that begins with:

I KNOW the stars by their names,
Aldebaran, Altair,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXacdcdaeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 010001 1110111 110111 1101001 101011 111111 111111 1111101 1110111 11010111 1111111 11101 100111 111110 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; their, me, i are repeated.

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

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