This is an analysis of the poem There's A Moon Inside My Body that begins with:

THE moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:
The moon is within me, and so is the sun....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba abXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011011011111010 01001111001 01010010001001111111010 11111010110101111 1110011010110100101 11111011010010 111110101 0101101101101010 0100011010101010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, when, work, of are repeated.

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

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