This is an analysis of the poem Moonrise that begins with:
I leant upon the balcony rail
And there, for your mild light, I waited....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcdefbB gXffXhXe bicijbXX efXjecgg hfcfajhb bafffbheXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100101001 111111110 10111100101 1010100 01100101001 011111101 1100111001 111111110 1111001010 10101111 11110111 11110110111 110010101 010110010100010 0110000100110 11000101 010111010 111101101001 10101101 0100100101 1010101010 0111101 101011111 0101010001 11010111 1101011010 010100111 11000100010 010110101101 10011101 1001011101 0101000111 10101101010 110110111 1010010111 01001001010 01010101010 110011101010 11001101010 01010101 11011100101 1010100111 10011010100 0110010 111111110 10100101101 1110100001010 0100111101 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; as, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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- summary of Moonrise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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