This is an analysis of the poem The Wind And The Moon that begins with:
Said the Wind to the Moon, 'I will blow you out!
You stare...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abBXb aX cdddcX ceEecX fgggfX hiiihX cBbbcc bcccbb jcccjj acccaa ekkkeXXbeEebb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100110111 11 001 1010 01 111011101 1100110111 011111101 11 101 0101 110111001 100111111 1100111101 11 001 00111 011110111 1011011110 011110111 111 111 111101 1011011111 10100101011 11111111001 11 1001 01001 101110111 1101010111 1101110111 001 11 10111 101100111 11100111 0111001011 11 101 01011 1111001011 1111100111 110011111 101 101 00101 110110101 0111101111 101111101 11 101 00101 0101001001 10011001001 101101001011 011 001 11001 1100111001 110010111 101111001001 11 001 00111 100100101 110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Wind And The Moon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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