This is an analysis of the poem Night Song Of A Wandering Shepherd In Asia that begins with:

What doest thou in heaven, O moon?
Say, silent moon, what doest thou?...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaadefegaaaeaXhidXd jkcfdlddeemaXlndffiiannlomekXhhbbiffhhedld XadaneladkpepbbjddkakeolilhkXdmmXbbajjffefaa bckpkmlXddlklmdmmmXakailhkeellXekaggangaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,42,44,42,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101011 1101111 1100010100 11001001 11001101 11110101 010101100101 11010111 01110101 111101 010101 11000101 11010101 01011111 1101 110101110 111101 1111110101 0111011101 11011100 111111 111101 111111 0101010100 10101101 11111101 0111010101 100101 010111 111101 111111 11010101001 111101 110111110 11010111 1101 110101 01011100 1101110101 110100101 11001101 001101 01110101 1001001 11101110001 010101 01010001 101111 11011111 0101110111 110101 0101010101 00011111 1011110111 1100111 111111 0001 01011111 11110101 110110 110101 110101 1101101111 1101010100 1101010101 110101 111111001 1101 01001111 0100011101 010010101 111101 01001111 0001010101 11011100 11111001001 01000101 10010111 1001010101 0101011101 1001010101 111111 01010100101 1001010101 11001111101 110111 1111010111 011111 111101 111101 010101 0101011111 1011111001 010001 10010100 1101010101 01011101 111101 1111011101 10010111 0001111111 1101010101 011111 010101 101101 1001110101 011011 1111011101 1101111100 111101 11010100 110011 1100101001 1101111101 11011100 110001 1001010101 11010110 11100111 01010101 11110101 1001010111 0111010100 11111101 11101111 111111 1111110001 11111101 11110101 111101 11111101 11111101 11110101 11011111 11111101 11011101 11110101 010111 010101 1101110111 1101010101 110100111 110100101 0111110001 11110101 01010010101 1111010101 0101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1017
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 148
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, and, in, to, of, i, this, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, he, where, if, what, this, the, and, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thou connects the lines.

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