This is an analysis of the poem Moonlit Night that begins with:

Tonight at Fu-chou, this moon she watches
Alone in our room. And my little, far-off...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX Xbba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111101110 01011111011 10110101111 011100101011 0100110011 1100111 00110100111 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Moonlit Night;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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