This is an analysis of the poem To ---- that begins with:

THE BROKEN moon lay in the autumn sky,
And I lay at thy feet; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fcfX cccc gcgc hihi hjhk ejejXckck
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101100101 111111 1101100101 111111 11111101001 111111 1111110101 1011001 1111110111 0101001 1111111101 101111 1111011101 110101 1111110101 1101110 1100110101 1111001 1101110101 010101 0111010101 11111110 1101010101 1001110 1101010111 111101 1101110101 110111 0111110111 111011 11111100111 011101 1111111111 110111 1111010111 110101 1111010111 1111001 11111011001 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, d, my, thee, thy are repeated.

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