This is an analysis of the poem What Counsel Has The Hooded Moon that begins with:

What counsel has the hooded moon
Put in thy heart, my shyly sweet, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaX cacabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10111101 01010100 10110101 01101111 000100100 01110111 01010001 01010011 10011111 11010111 11110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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