This is an analysis of the poem Moonrise that begins with:
Will you glimmer on the sea?
Will you fling your spear-head ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX abcXcacb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101 011111 101 11111 1101 10111110 011111 11 1010011 101 11001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word will is repeated.
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- summary of Moonrise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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