This is an analysis of the poem To Look Across At Moira Gives Me Pleasure that begins with:

To look across at Moira gives me pleasure.
She has a red tape measure. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101110 1101110 01011101010 11110 11111011110 1010100 0101011110 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; like is repeated.

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  • summary of To Look Across At Moira Gives Me Pleasure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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