This is an analysis of the poem Moonless Darkness Stands Between that begins with:
Moonless darkness stands between.
Past, the Past, no more be seen! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaccXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1011101 101011111 00101111 0011110 11111110 11111110 1010110 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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