This is an analysis of the poem Donald that begins with:
O white, white, light moon, that sailest in the sky,
Look down upon the whirling world, for thou art up so high, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaab baaccXAAAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111110001 11010101111111 11111100110101 11010101011101 11111110101 01010111110101 10111111111111 11010101110101 11111111101 101010001110101 11111111100101 01011111110101 11111111100101 01011111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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