This is an analysis of the poem Ontiora that begins with:
Moons on moons ago,
In the sleep, or night, of the moon,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXXcdef ghXihddhb jbbcgdXaX dgbbhkdXghbdh hhddkfdjfdibjhhX dcicggeX dgbhf lcXXdhXdfidahggblhlcgbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,13,16,8,5,23,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 00111001 11010110 010100 1100101 01011001 101001101 10100111 01001 1010001 10010001 1101001 100101 0111001 1111011 0111001 100101 0101001 0101111 01110111 1101111 11100111 111111001 1101010 010111 1110101 1110101 1111001 111101101 1011101 011001001 11100111 01011011 01001011 1101001 1011101 110111 1101001 110101 1101010 0100101 010010 1001001 0101010 101011001 1001000 0011101 1111001 1000101 1100111 1011111 11111101 10101011 1010010 1000101 110001 1100101 1111101 00101101 1100101 1101011 110111 00100101 11001 1010101 110001 11100101 010001 000101 01001 110001 011111 010101 0100101 1010111 11001001 010101 0011111 1001001 1011111 1110111 0101011 0110101 1011111 111101 1111001 101101111 001010111 00101101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; he, and, to, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, his are repeated.
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 Ontiora;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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