This is an analysis of the poem At The Moor that begins with:

At the Moor
Wanderer in the blackened wind. Dry reeds whisper...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXXX XXc ccb X a aXXX XXc XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,3,1,1,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 100001011110 00100010100101 0100101 10101011 11001001 01101101 10101001 100001010011010 10101000101 101101101001010 010110101010 11 100110111111 011111110 1111011 1110010 10010001 100111101110 10101011 10010001110100 111010010 10011110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; in is repeated.

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