This is an analysis of the poem The Setting Of The Moon that begins with:

As, in the lonely night,
Above the silvered fields and streams...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXccXbXXdeffadaad aagghhhhhbbbbb dgihhXiagXbhbhhff bXaaadbhbaaaXhahee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,14,17,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 010100111 110101 1100101 010101 110111 010101 0101010011 01110100 01010111 1000110001 01010111 0111011001 11111101 110100 11000101 01010101 0100111001 1111010101 11001100 111101 011101 100101 1001010111 01111100101 010101 1101 1001010001 110101 01011101 0011110111 010101011 01110010111 110111 111101 01111101 110010101 1111010001 110001 1100110001 01011100 10101010101 11011111 11010001 1100110101 11010111 110101101 110010101 110010111 11010100101 111111 10011101001 1101010101 01110101 010101 11010101 11010101 010001 10010001 01010101 100101 01010110101 1101 110111 01001101 111101 0101010011 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Setting Of The Moon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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