This is an analysis of the poem Athor And Asar that begins with:

[Dedicated to Frank Harris, editor of Vanity Fair]
On the black night, beneath the winter moon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbaXXbX acaacabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1000011010001001 1011010101 111001010 1011100011 1101001101 1111101001 0111010100 011101 100110 1011011111 0011110111 1111010101 0111010101 0110010101 1111100101 111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; stars is repeated.

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