This is an analysis of Stars by Emily Jane Brontë.

Ah! why, because the dazzling sun
Restored our Earth to joy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca cbcb dada efef ghgh ffff abab idid cjcj gagaXahah
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 110101001 011101 110101001 110101 110111001 010101 10011101 111101 11111111 110101 1100011001 110101 11011101 110101 111100111 111111 10010101 111101 110100101 1111001 11111101 011111 01010101 111111 11111111 1111001 11010101 110101 11100101 011111 11010101 101111 01110101 111111 11110001 111101 010101001 0100111 01011111 110101 11111101 111101 11100011 111111 110101001 110101 11110101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

i, and, o, that