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

From hill and hollow, side by side,
The shadows came, like dreams, to sit... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXacbcbcdedeX X fafafgbgbghihih X bjbjbekekeaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,15,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01111101 110100111 01111110 10111111 11010101 11010101 01010101 10011101 11000111 11010101 110100101 01010101 010010101 110010111 1 01110101 01011101 110100111 01011101 11000111 11010101 01010111 01010101 010011101 11000111 01010111 01010101 10010101 01011111 11010001 1 11111101 10010111 11110111 011010111 11000101 11010101 110010101 110101011 11011111 110011001 11010101 11000101 01010111 111111001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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