This is an analysis of the poem The Copernican System that begins with:

The Sun revolving on his axis turns,
And with creative fire intensely burns; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeaaaaddXXffffccaaaaeeaaffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101010101 10010100101 0111011101 1001010101 1100010101 1010000101 1101010101 0101000111 1101111001 1101110101 0101010101 1001010101 10110101001 1101110101 1011010101 1101010111 0101010101 1101011101 01010101010 0101010101 1011010101 0101010001 0101010101 0101010101 1001001101 10110101001 0111010101 0101001001 1101001101 1001000101 01100010001 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 0100010101 1101100001 1111011100 11010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 267
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Copernican System;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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