This is an analysis of the poem Early Moon that begins with:
THE BABY moon, a canoe, a silver papoose canoe, sails and sails in the Indian west.
A ring of silver foxes, a mist of silver foxes, sit and sit...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010010101001111001001 010101001010101110101001 11011010110111110101010 11010110110100100101100100111 111111101001010110110001 1101010101010111010100011101110101100010111 1111111101010101010101010001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 774
- Average number of words per stanza: 146
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 110 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 21
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, foxes, silver, moon are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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- summary of Early Moon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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