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

PALE GODDESS of the witching hour;
Blest Contemplation's placid friend; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcbc ddeeeffe ghghiicc jjXcbbggbbb XXkbkbb lljjeekkiidadfgdgd Xhahbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,11,7,18,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001010 11000101 10110101 111101 0110101 10001011101001 11010101 11110101 1101010101 1101010001 1010101 1010101 1110101 110101010101 11110101 1010101 1110101 1011010101 11101001 1101011001 11110101 1111010101 10010111 100101001 111001010 1110101 1010011 10100101 1010101 10101001 1111110101 10110101 1101111111 0101010010 1110111 010011111 110010101 1010101 1010101 1010101010001 11011101 01110101 01110101 01110101 01110101 10101001 1010111 1010101 0100110001 11010101 01110101 010101010 11101001 11010101 11110101 11010001 11011001 1111010101001 11011101 11110001 01010110 0101000101 1101010011 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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.

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

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

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