This is an analysis of the poem Liaison that begins with:

A big bud of moon hangs out of the twilight,
Star-spiders spinning their thread ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd abab eaea cacX cfcfXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101110011 1101011 1101010010 101101 1110011011 101011 11010100101 1001 10010101 111101 1110101001 1011 0111101 100111 01001001111 11101001 111001111 1100111 011011101011 11110 111010111 110101 011011001 1101 1111111 10101 1111111 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; us, my, taste are repeated.

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