This is an analysis of the poem Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People that begins with:
O MOON, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbaXaAA ACXdedCcAA AFegXgFfAA AHXiXXHhAA AaXjXjaaAA AKXbXbKkAA AhlcXchhAA AIialaIiAA AManXnMmAA AlfekellAAXaAjfjfAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 11101 11011 1001 10010 010101 1101 11101 1101 10111 11111 10001 11110 010101 10111 11111 1101 11101 1101 10101 010010 11001 010010 011 10101 11101 1101 11101 1101 111 101100 111 10100 1010 111 10101 1101 11101 1101 10101 10100 101 10110 1001 111 01101 1101 11101 1101 1110 100100 101 10010 1011 1110 101110 1101 11101 1101 1101 10010 101 1010 1001 111 1101 1101 11101 1101 1111 11010 11101 11010 10111 1111 10101 1101 11101 1101 1111 100110 11011 111010 10101 1111 10111 1101 11101 1101 11010 11010 10111 11010 1111 11010 101010 1101 11101 11101 11101 11001 1001 110101 1 1101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 106
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; down, moon, spent are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words down, you are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word down at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase down connects the lines.
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