This is an analysis of the poem The Moonlight Desert that begins with:

Above the desert's dark-obscured expanse
The rounded moon uplooms; at once laid clear...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbc ddcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010101 0101101111 0111010111 1100100101 01010101100 1111011101 0110010101 110110011 1011011001 0101110101 1101011101 1011010101 0111010011 0110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Moonlight Desert;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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