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

The moon relinquished sharp-edge cliffs at sea line,
And with transparent gold: the waters shine;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bXbc dacd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010111111 1001010101 1101101010 0101110101 1101011010 1001000111 1001011110 0100010101 010101011 110110101 010101011 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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