This is an analysis of the poem Ringed Moon that begins with:

Moonlight falls distant and dry,
Frosting the snowfields in lustre;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbaCC AdAdaCC AeAeaCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 10010010 1101011 10111010 1011001 11111010 10110010 1111011 100011010 1101011 10011010 1001001 11111010 10110010 1111011 11010110 1101011 11111010 1011001 11111010 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word moonlight at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word immortals at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Ringed Moon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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