This is an analysis of the poem ‘carnal Apple, Woman Filled, Burning Moon,’ that begins with:

Carnal apple, Woman filled, burning moon,
dark smell of seaweed, crush of mud and light,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccaXXXcbXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010101101 1101110111 110100101110 11011110010 11001011011 11010111001 1001010 111010101010 1111101100100 11011010100100 101001001101 110101001 001010010010 00101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; your is repeated.

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

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  • summary of ‘carnal Apple, Woman Filled, Burning Moon,’;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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