This is an analysis of the poem Now Moses that begins with:
Now Moses, what makes you so strange and forgetful?
How is it you heed what I tell you no more?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eecf cfcfcgcg dgdgXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111010 10011111111 111110111010 11101111101 111110111010 011011001010 111111010110 111110100010 110110110110 1101111111110 110110010110 11101111101 110111111110 11001011111 111011011010 111111001101 111110010110 01011111101 010101010010 11011001011 110111010110 11101011011 110111010010 11001011101 011010110110 11011111101 110110110110 11111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; you, your, now, moses, it, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'll, now, you are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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