This is an analysis of the poem Under The Hunter's Moon that begins with:

White from her chrysalis of cloud,
The moth-like moon swings upward through the night;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dXdX aeae afaf XgXg bhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010001 0111110101 11011111 0101011001 01010101 1111010101 10010100 10011101001 11010111 010010111110 01010111 01110101110 11011101 1001110111 11010101 0111100101 10110101 1001010111 0100111 0101110101 11110100 1011010100 01110111 10001010101 11010111 1111011101 01110101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; with, and, moon are repeated.

    The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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