This is an analysis of the poem Troth With The Dead that begins with:

The moon is broken in twain, and half a moon
Before me lies on the still, pale floor of the sky; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcbc adXdXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010011101 011110111001 01010010101 0100100110111 11001001111001 11101000101001 10100101111011 110101000101 111001101001 001001111101 1001010010101 10100101100101 011100100111 0101110101 01001011001111 0010010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 417
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, her, in, it, to are repeated.

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