This is an analysis of the poem Moving Through The Dew that begins with:

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Moving through the dew, moving through the dew, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBbcc Bbbb ddaa eeff XXbB X Bbgg aacc ffee XbbbB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1010110101 111000101111111 1101111010101 101010101111101 1010110101 1100111110101 1010111001101 1010111000110111 10111111010101 101010101010011 00101011010101 101011101011111 01101010010111 001010101110101 1001010010011 101010101011101 11100010010111 111011110010101 11111111011101 1010110101 1 1010110101 10101011001001 10111011110111 11010110110111 11111010010001 11111111010011 10110011010101 1101110101110111 001101111110111 110001001101111 10111110010101 11110100010101 1011111010111 11000101111101 11111111011101 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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, from, i are repeated.

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

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