This is an analysis of the poem The Hunter's Moon that begins with:

Darkly October; Where the wild fowl fly,
Utters a harsh and melancholy cry;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbab ccddcd cceecXXddbbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 1001110101 1101010111 110110111 1110110101 1001110111 01001000101 1101010101 1111110101 11110101101 1101110101 1111100001 11011100010 11110001010 1101110101 0101110100 11001100010 1101110100 1101010101 1011111101 1011010101 11010011001 10110000111 10010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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