This is an analysis of the poem Harbor Moonrise that begins with:

There is never a wind to sing o'er the sea
On its dimpled bosom that holdeth in fee ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcc dddXXXX dddaaee Xffaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101001011001 10101011001 10101100 10100101101 0101100111 1100100101 1011001001 1001001011 111110101 111100101 1010100101 010010110 010110011 010101100 1101100101 100110111 1001100101 1000100101 000100101 1010101101 0011010101 11010111 11110100 100100100 11101111101 11101101001 1101100101 11001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Harbor Moonrise;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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