This is an analysis of the poem Honour's Martyr that begins with:
The moon is full this winter night;
The stars are clear, though few;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fgfg hdhd ifif cfcf jdjk cici lmlm jkjd idid nhnh oooo bXbdXcmcm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 011111 110010101 010101 01111101 111111 11110101 0101001 110101010 010011 100101010 110101 01100101 11010010 110010101 11001110 11111111 110101 11011101 010101 01110111 1111001 11110111 111101 11011111 110101 11110101 011111 01010111 110101 01100101 010100 11011101 110111 111101001 111101 01101111 011101 11010101 010101 110101001 010100 01000101 1101000 01110101 010101 11010011 111101 11111101 011101 11111101 110101 110011101 1101001 01010101 110101 11011101 110100 010011101 110111 11011110 0111001 11010101 010011
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; my, to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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