This is an analysis of the poem Moonset that begins with:

Past seven o'clock: time to be gone;
Twelfth-night's over and dawn shivering up:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aeea effe eggXe hiih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110011001 1110111001 01010010101 1001110101 1001011101 110011101111 1001110111 1110011111 11011111011 111010111001 101010100101 10110110101 1011111001 01011111001 1110111000 11101101100101 1110010011111 11010101101 11110111001 1101 0110111 1001100111 1001111101 10110011101 1010010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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