This is an analysis of the poem Old Stone Chimney that begins with:
The rising moon on the peaks was blending
Her silver light with the sunset glow,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedXeeee dfdfgfgf hbhbihih icichhhh gjgjhhhh kkkkhbhb ebebdhXh ididalal dmdmenen akakoeoe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101101110 010100111 10101101110 010111101 1101001110 010101101 0101001110 110011111 1110001010 11001101 0101001010 010100110 0111010010 011111110 0101111110 110100101 1111001010 110100101 0101001010 010111111 11010010010 110100111 1111001110 011110111 0101101110 110101101 0101001010 010111101 1101101110 1100101101 1101001010 110100101 1101101010 110110111 0101101110 110111101 0101101010 1010110101 11010010010 010100111 0111101110 111100111 0101011010 010100111 1101011110 011100111 1101101110 1101101001 1111001110 010110101 0101101110 110011101 0101011110 11010101 0111101110 010110101 1010101110 111100101 1101101010 011011101 1101111010 111100111 1101001100 0111010001 1111011010 111100111 0111101110 110100101 1111110010 011110111 1111101010 110110111 1101001010 110110101 0011101010 010100101 1111011110 1100111111 11101101010 110100101 1111101110 1100100111 1111101010 111110101 1111101010 01101101001 1101001010 110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, his, for, had, long are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he, for, and, to are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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