This is an analysis of To A Star by Frances Anne Kemble.

Thou little star, that in the purple clouds
Hang'st, like a dewdrop, in a violet bed;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdedfcfcbXXbcaeagcgchh
  • Stanza lengths: 26,
  • Metre: 1101100101 11010001001 11010100101 1111011111 1111111101 1001011101 1101011100 01011001101 1101010101 0100010101 0100111100 1111010101 11110111001 111101110 11110011110 11011100001 0111111101 0110010111 0101110100 11011101110 1001111101 11110110111 1111110101 10111101011 1101010001 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 26

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Anaphora

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