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

Globed in Heav'n's tree of azure, golden mellow
As some round apple hung... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddeddeff X bgbgghghXihhiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101010 111101 10100111010 011101 0111010111 11010101010 1101110101 01110111010 0111101101 110101 01010101 11001010101 011101 11001000101 1111010101 1 11000111010 100111 01010101010 110111 1111011101 1001001010010 10010100001 01011101110 0101011100 110111 100111 0111001101 110101 1101110111 101111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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