This is an analysis of the poem I Use To Believe Any Moon Could Be Blue that begins with:

I use to believe any Moon could be blue.
Before I discovered there were actual Blue Moons....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB cdedcX XbXffbXcXABeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101101 0110101010011 1001110010 10111110 01010011 111011110 11001 0100101111 11101101001 1011011 1110111111 110010011110100 11111101 11010110011 101111010100010 1101 11001101101 0110101010011 110111 1101010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of I Use To Believe Any Moon Could Be Blue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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