This is an analysis of the poem Silas Dement that begins with:

It was moon-light, and the earth sparkled
With new-fallen frost....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbacXXccbdeeXffXagbgdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110110 01101 0111110101 100100011 01101111 0111 1100100010001 11001010011 001000101 1111001101010 110101010 010110111 11111101 0010101011 111 1011010100 10010101010110 101001101010 1011010110 1011101101 111101010 11110101 110111001 1111011101 011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 963
  • Average number of words per stanza: 183
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, clang are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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