This is an analysis of the poem Moloch In State Street that begins with:

THE moon has set: while yet the dawn
Breaks cold and gray,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededebebfafaagagchchiaeaagagcjcjidXdkckclilieaeacdcdcfcfalalbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 1111 01011101 1111 11110101 01011 11110101 0111 01110101 1111 11010101 1101 01010101 11001 11110101 1101 11010111 0111 11010101 0111 110100111 0101 11010100 1111 110111001 11010 10010101 01010 11110101 0101 11011101 0101 11011101 1101 11110101 0101 11110111 0101 01101101 0101 11110111 1101 11011100 1101 11111111 1101 01010111 0101 11110101 1111 01010101 100001 11010101 1110 01110101 1101 11010101 0101 1100111001 1101 11111101 1111 10110101 11001 101010111 1101 10011101 0101 01110101 0111 110101011 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2010
  • Average number of words per stanza: 362
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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