This is an analysis of the poem The Stars Stand Up In The Air that begins with:

The stars up in the air,
The sun and the moon are gone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 0110111 01001001 10101001 01111011 1001001 1110101 111111011 111111 101111 1110101 10111011 110100111 011111101 11111001 11011001 111011101 1110011101 111101111 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; my, and, she's, than, more are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she's are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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