This is an analysis of the poem The Mores that begins with:

Far spread the moorey ground a level scene
Bespread with rush and one eternal green... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaacccXddddcceebbaaffaaaagghhccccccaaiiffddddccffaajjffXXccjjaaXXhhbbcckkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 1001110101 11010101001 110010110101 1101110101 0101101111 01010101001 1101011001 01010001001 01010101001 11011001111 1011101000 1101110101 00110010101 10110011010 110111111010 0101011101 1101111100 0101110101 0101110101 11001110101 0101110101 0111010111 1111110101 1111010111 0011011101 1101000101 1011111101 1011111111 1101111101 0111011111 0101110101 1011011101 1101110101 11111101001 11010001001 1100011111 1101000101 1101010111 1101001101 1101010111 01010111011 11011010101 11110111101 11111010111 1101001101 1111010101 0111111101 0101010101 0111010111 1101110101 1111010101 11010110101 1101010001 110011111111 1111010101 1101011101 01011111111 0101010111 0101010101 01110100111 11010101010 1101001101 1101101101 11110110001 0101010101 1101000101 1111111101 1101010111 01110101110 1101010001 0101110101 1101011101 1111111101 1001110111 1111000101 11111100101 1111010101 1101001101 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 648
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, little, to, they are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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