This is an analysis of the poem Luna Aeternalis that begins with:

By an alien dream despatched and driven
In a land to strange stars given,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaaaabbbcaac ddaaXedd fgfggfg aacaXa AaaaeeXeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,7,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001100110 00101110 1110101 10011101 11010001 010011111 110100101 01010101 110010001 0101 01010101 010010101 11110101 110010111 01110111 01010001 01110101 10111101 11010111 1011101 1011101 110101 1010101 1011001 1011101 110101 1010101 010101 001111101 100101 011101 0101010 11110001 111001100110 110101010 010101010 111100101 10010111 01111110 1100100100 0010111001 01011111 001101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rang, given are repeated).

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