This is an analysis of the poem Endymion that begins with:

The rising moon has hid the stars;
Her level rays, like golden bars,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddee Xfaa XXbb ggaa aabb ffbb aaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 01011101 110111 011101 11010101 10010001 110101 010111 11010110 11100001 110001 111001 11110010 11011011 111101 010101 01010001 01010100 010101 0100101 01011111 110100011 110011 0111001 110111001 11011100 110111 110101 110110011 111100100 111101 011001 01100011 110101001 110001 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, no, responds are repeated.

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

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

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