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

Not alway from the lessons of the schools,
Taught evermore by those who trust them not,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefagdX eahaiajckjlbibaaameiXk adjicajnolknkpqiiXabroi geaglibnmbahbdhqenenga knXsdijbXnrXjXscfXinmin sqtnuheXijojXjiXXmiXuX sjgcnjkbXlfbbcjfjnXojk ihijbuXfabsjjaiiadXiad bqbigbajqjndaufjjjjaca anXgnsfdgqlaojXbXqilbj aabhclfiadnjojdbbhaabia ajudiadeaai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,22,23,22,23,22,22,22,22,22,23,23,23,22,22,23,21,23,22,23,23,22,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100010001 1101111101 1011111101 01010110101 01010101011 11000101010 1101011100 11010010101 1101000101 01001010100 1100001111 110010001011 11010100111 1011010111 01011101001 0111000101 0101110101 1111010111 1101001101 1111110011 1011111111 110011101 0100011101 0101010111 1101010101 111100111001 11110011001 10011111101 1101110001 1100010101 11111111100 1111101111 1101011101 1101110101 1101110101 11011101010 0111010111 1111010111 1100110011 01110101011 0111110100 11111100110 0101010111 11110101101 1101010101 1011111100010 101100110001 1101111101 0101110111 11111100001 0101011101 1100111101 0111011111 100010101010 1101101101 01000111110 111101101 1101110101 0111001101 10011011111 1011010101 1100110111 0101011101 1111010101 11110101101 1100111101 0100111111 01001011111 0101110111 0101010100 01010011111 1101011101 10010111011 0101111101 0111110101 1110111100 1001111101 1001111111 1001011111 0111010100 01111101110 1101110101 0101110111 010111011001 1111111100 01110010100 1111110111 1101010101 11100111110 10111101001 1110011000 1111011101 1001110111 0101001100 1101010100 010111101 1101011111 0111010101 1110110111 1011000101 1001110111 1100010101 1101010001 1101011101 1100001101 11010100101 0101110101 1111010111 01010101011 1001001111 0011010100 10110101001 0111011000 110011011010 0101011111 1001001010 11110101110 1101111101 1011001111 1101011101 0101000101 1101011101 1101010101 0101011101 1011111101 1111001111 0100011111 0111010101 1111110101 1111011111 11110010100 0011011101 111101010010 1101011101 01111111110 1110100101 0101010011 01110110110 111101011010 010010110001 11010011000 110010000110 1111001101 0101110011 1101110101 1101110101 0111111011 1011111101 010010100001 10110011001 11100111000 11011101110 1001010111 1111010111 11110111110 111001001010 01110100110 11100101010 1111110101 1101110001 10010011001 011100011 11010111100 1101111101 0111010111 1111010101 0111111110 0111010001 01010111011 1101111101 1001111100 11111111010 1111010101 1101010011 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1111010001 11010110111 1011010101 1101111111 1111110000 1101110101 100110111010 01111101110 1101010111 1111110111 1011011001 11010100101 0101111111 110001110010 10011011010 1111001011100 0111010101 101111111100 1011011101 0110110111 0101010101 01110111010 1111010101 11111111010 1111010001 1111110111 11010111110 1001110101 0100110101 111100111010 110010111110 1111111111 0111010010 10110001010 110101001010 1001100110 1101010101 1101010001 1101110101 11001101010 0011001111 00010101110 11111111110 1111110111 1101010111 11010101110 11010010110 1101100101 1111110101 1111111100 01001101010 110101101 0101010101 0101010101 01011101010 0111110101 1101010111 1101101101 1101011111 1101010011 1101110111 1101011100 1001011101 1111011111 1101000101 0111011101 11000101110 01011101010 1111110111 0101110001 1101110001 1101010101 0111011111 11010101001 1101010101 1101011011 01011101010 01000101010 11110101001 01111111010 1011010101 1011011101 0101011101 1101110101 11011101010 10111011100 1110001101 11001111110 01001111010 01010100100 0111101111 11110011011 11011111101 11110111011 0100010101 11000111110 0101010101 01001111001 11110101010 11010111001 1111110101 1111001101 1100100101110 1100110111 1101100011 01010101110 11011101010 01010001110 11110100101 10110111010 1100010101 11111101001 11101001010 11110001101 1101011101 110101 11101 010011101010 11011111011 11001010101 1001010111 010010001100 100110001101 1101010111 1101011111 1101010011 0101010100 1111010100 01011011010 1101110101 1101011111 1001010001 1101011111 11110100001 10111001010 10001010111 10111111101 110001111010 1101011111 1111101011 1111011101 1001111101 1101011111 1101011100 10011001100 1111111100 110111010010 0101010001 01010001010 100010110111 101100011010 1001010 111010 0100011101 0111111101 1100111101 0111010100 1101011101 1001010111 1101110001 01111101001 110110101010 01001001111 11110110101 010010101 11 111111111 010101010 10010011011 11001111010 1101011001 11101101010 1100011101 0101011110 011010101 110100111 100110011111 1101000101 0101010101 01011100101 1011011101 1101110111 1111010101 1000111001 1111011111 1111111111 11010101110 11110111010 101111111110 11001010111 1011000101 0111110111 11001101000 00110111111 010010110000 0101111101 1100101111 11011011101 11110011010 1011001111 1011010101 0100110101 10111101110 100010 111011 11010101010 0101000100 11110101110 0011010001 1111011100 1111011101 11010101001 0110010111 1001010101 1100111001 0111110101 1111111111 0110010101 1011110101 1101111100 1111011011 1111110111 01001100111 11110010101 1011010101 1101010111 1101110101 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 894
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 490
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, and, from, or, with, features, to, for, thou, art, queen, thee, more, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, from, or, that, of, such are repeated.

    The author used the same words not, of at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mirror connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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