This is an analysis of the poem Berket And The Stars that begins with:

A day on the boulevards chosen out of ten years of
student poverty! One best day out of ten good ones. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101011010100 1010011110101 1001101010011100 1110111000101 1110100101101 0011010110 10100011111 11010101000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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