This is an analysis of the poem Stella Flammarum: An Ode To Halley's Comet that begins with:

1 Strange wanderer out of the deeps,
2 Whence, journeying, come you?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaccdc XeXeXfcf ghdXXbXb hihiXhXh ddXdhddd bibibXdb cicigjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001001 1110011 10111001 1011001 101011001 1101001 1010101001 1101001 11000110 111110 11100100110 1011010 111001010 11101 11010101 11101 1111111 1010010 101001001 101100 1101111 11001101 111001001001 110111 111001000 101110 111010001001 101010 1111101 101001 1110110110010 11111 10111001 1111010 111100110 101010 11001101 1001011 11011011001 110111 1110111 10110010 1110111001 111110 11111011 111011 11101001011 11111 111111011 1110110 1100101 111010 1101101 111011 11101001001 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thou, that are repeated.

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  • summary of Stella Flammarum: An Ode To Halley's Comet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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