This is an analysis of the poem A Twilight Moth Ii that begins with:

All day the primroses have thought of thee,
Their golden heads close-haremed from the heat;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbbb cdcdeed fXfdbXX cfcXccf gXgbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101101 11011100001 11010100100 1101011111 1101110101 1010011111 1111000111 1101010101 11010100111 0101100111 1001011111 0101010111 1100110101 111101001011 1111000101 1101010100 01001011111 1100010101 11110100101 1111110100 11001101001 11000110111 0101100101 1101010101 111101010000 1101000111 101010101 1101110101 1101111100 1011011100 1111011100 0101011111 1101010100 1101101111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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