This is an analysis of the poem Lunar Mystery that begins with:

O'er gardens lulled with ghostly light
In music leaned the languorous moon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cbc dXd cac XbX efe fXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 010101001 01000101 11000101 01010101 110010101 01110111 010110101 01001101 10110101 01010101 110100101 11110101 01010001 11110100 11010111 01010011 11011101 01010110 111100101 010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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