This is an analysis of the poem Many Moons Ago that begins with:
This time and in this season,
Many moons ago...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdXX ABXecf cghgccg GdgbXX efagXgc GXXXhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,6,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0110010 10101 1010101010 001101 001001 1100 0110010 10101 010110110 110010010 10110011 0101000101 1 101111 1110010001 010100101 1100010000100 0101110100100 10101001 0110010 1101011011 111001 01000011111101 11010 101000110 11010101010 11010001 110100010 1111 0010010111 11111 01101111 0110010 110111 110101000 011110 101001101011 1101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, be are repeated.
The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Many Moons Ago;
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- history of its creation;
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