This is an analysis of the poem Under One Small Star that begins with:

My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.
My apologies to necessity if I'm mistaken, after all....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabcdeccdXebffgeggegXXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000111000100 101000010000010101 110101001111111 11101000111001 101000111011101110 101000111101010001 011101110101 011101110110 1010111010100111001 101010111011101100101111 1011011100101 1011011110110011010 11100101101110011 11111101101 011100011101 101000011101011 1010001101110 111111010 100100100 10111000010111001001011 11101111011111 101000101111010111 1010001011110110111 1111010111111 111110111 1111011111101 110100111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1570
  • Average number of words per stanza: 289
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, for, to, i, that, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, forgive, i, pardon are repeated.

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  • summary of Under One Small Star;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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