This is an analysis of the poem The Moor that begins with:

The world's gone forward to its latest fair
And dropt an old man done with by the way, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabbcXdcdXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0111000101 1111110101 0101010111 1101101100111 1100110101 1101110111 11110111001 01011101100 0111110111 0001110101 1011111101 11111100100 11011111110 1101111101 100101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 665
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Moor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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