This is an analysis of the poem Orkney Lullaby that begins with:
A moonbeam floateth from the skies,
Whispering, "Heigho, my dearie!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbcccX dXdbbbbbX cXcaaeeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110001 10010011 111010111 010010101 010100101 0010010101 1010100101 101110111 101100 01010001 1010011 10110101 010010111 110010111 11010101 010111001 111101001 101100 01110001 10010011 110100111 11011111 101011101 11111011 10011101 101111111 101100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thee are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dearie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Orkney Lullaby;
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