This is an analysis of the poem To The Moon that begins with:
With musing mind I watch thee steal
Above those envious clouds that hid ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdddefefghgXcc hchcdcdchh iaiaahahii cdcdhchcjj bkbkXcccee kdkdlblbkk lflfdididmXkbkbiaiadm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,10,10,10,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011111 011100111 11111101 11010110 11111111 01110101 11111101 1111 11111111 011101110101 11011101 11010111 01010101 01110101 10010101 10010101 11100101 100 11011111 110001010011 11011101 01110101 01011001 11000101 10111101 01111111 11011111 1001 11011101 101111011101 110001101 11001101 110100111 11110100 01010101 01010101 01101100 1101 01110101 010101010101 11010101 11010100 11110101 00111111 111111010 011110111 101101010 11011 11000101 011101100111 11010101 11011111 10010101 11110011 11011101 11110001 00110111 1101 110110001 011101110101 100100101 11010101 11011101 10010101 110010101 0100001001 01110101 1101 10011101 1111001110111 11101101 0100011001 1110101 11010101 01010011 01010111 11010101 0111 11011111 111101010100 11011101 110100011 11110111 01010101 11110111 01010101 110101011 00101 11011110 0101110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 475
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thee, to, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To The Moon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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