This is an analysis of the poem The Bloody Fields Of Wheogo that begins with:

The moon rides high in a starry sky,
And, through the midnight gloom,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdabaeaXafghgcbebffeffheheceXfcbcegfgeificeaeceeXeafacaeaededffcfXjejchcheecX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100101 110111 01010111 010110 11010101 010111 1010101001 11001001 1010110111 1011101 11011101101 010101 11001001001 010101 110100101 10100101 1010111101 0100101 111011101 1110111 01001001001 11011001 10101110111 11101001 01110101 10101001 1101111001 01001001 11101101101 11001011 10101010101011 101100100100 1101001001 110111 111010101 111101001 0100101001 1110011 10100100101 101001011 110110111 1100101 001001001001 0100101 01011101 110101 0100111101 1010100001 110111101 0110001 110100101 11010100 101011101 110101 111001101101 11001001 01011101 01100101 010110101 110111 011110101 1010011 111100101 1110101 1110010111 111101001 10101001011 110101 11001101011 10101001 1011100111 0010001 01011101 00100101 01111100 011111 01010111 1111001 10010011101 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2926
  • Average number of words per stanza: 547
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; she, her, and, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, in are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alone connects the lines.

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