This is an analysis of the poem To The Evening Star that begins with:

Star that bringest home the bee,
And sett’st the weary labourer free!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbc ddXeXe ddefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 110101001 01011111 1110001 010110111 111011 10001001 1011101 11110111 111101 01001110 110001 1011101 1010111 11000010 010111 10100010 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of To The Evening Star;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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