This is an analysis of the poem Music And Moonlight that begins with:

White roses, like a mist
Upon a terraced height,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede dada bebe cfcf gggg hihi jdjd iaia kaka Xaja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 010101 1101010111 010101 110111 10100001 1001011001 110101 100101 100101 1101010100 110001 110111 010111 0001011101 011111 111101 110101 1001100101 111101 010001 010101 0111111001 1001001 010101 010101 1101011101 110111 110101 111111 1101011101 110101 011111 110111 1111110001 110100 011111 011011 0111011101 111111 110001 100101 1111110111 110101 110100 111101 110101011001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; again, you, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word again at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Music And Moonlight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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