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

A web of sewer, pipe, and wire connects each house to the others.
In 206 a dog sleeps by the stove where a small gas leak causes him...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bc dX Xe fc gb c gc X da cXX Xe aXa XdXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,3,2,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010111001110010 0101110110111101 011010111001011 1101110100101111 010010011111 101001001101001001 1 100110110101010 10010111111 0101110010101 0101101010111 111010010 1111001010011 10100110101101 01011010010000 0101011010101 1101100101101 010101101001010110 0101010110010100 10101 11110001101001010 11010101 11111101010 1100011101100 00101010010010 1101010110111 111100110101 10110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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