This is an analysis of the poem Minions Of The Moon that begins with:

Through leafy windows of the trees
The full moon shows a wrinkled face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc eceXe efefe ghghg eXeXe X aaaaddd ididiii fjfjeee kckcXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,1,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 01110101 11010100 010101 011101 11110101 110101001 11010101 0100111 111111 10011111 11011101 11010101 101100 110001 11000101 11010101 01110101 011101 011101 01100001 11010101 01010111 010101 110101 10110101 11110101 11010101 01010100 111101 1 01111101 110101 011100001 010111 0101 0101 11010001 01100101 011101 011111001 010101 0111 0101 110111001 01011101 110101 010100101 110101 1001 0111 11011101 01111111 100101 01010111 010101 0100 0110 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Minions Of The Moon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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