This is an analysis of the poem A Woodland Grave that begins with:
White moons may come, white moons may go-
She sleeps where early blossoms blow;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbba ccXddX eebbbe aafffa ddXXXd AAggga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 11110101 11000101 11010111 11011101 100101 01011111 110111001 11011100 11010101 10010111 010111 11001111 01110101 01010101 11011011 110111001 1100101 01010111 11111101 11001101 11010111 11000101 111111 010100111 110001111 10010100 11010111 01001101 110111 11111111 11110101 010111001 110111011 11010011 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, shall are repeated.
The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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