This is an analysis of the poem Poet that begins with:

I heard from the garden a woman singing,
But I … I gazed at the moon....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa aa ba bX bcXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001010 1111101 11101001110 11101001 110110010010 11101001 110110110010 01001100 110010010010 11101011 111010010010 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, of are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word moon at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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