This is an analysis of the poem The Meeting Of The Stars that begins with:

The stars of the world have joined to-day.
‘Mid the host on high none are found like these....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010011101 1011111111 0100101100 11111010 0100111001 111010101011 11110100110 1110001101 010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hath, of, he are repeated.

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

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

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