This is an analysis of the poem Moly that begins with:
When by the wall the tiger-flower swings
A head of sultry slumber and aroma;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccc dcdceeff ghgh iiff jdjdcckk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 01010101010 1101100111 010110011010 11001101001 0101010001 1101010001 011011 0110110111 10010100110 1111111101 01011111010 1101110101 0011000111 0101110101 110101 1111111100 010001010010 1101010100 11010111010 0111010001 1001111100 11001011101 101101 010101001011 01111100010 1101010111 10110100010 01001010101 1101110101 1001111101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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