This is an analysis of the poem Autumn Moonrise that begins with:

Lamp that risest lone
From thy secret place,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba Xccd ceec edde XffX dggd ffff ehhe ff fb iffi cggc ajja Xeeg bddX caac keek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 01101 10101 10101 111000 011001 10111 011101 11111 10101 10111 100111 11101 10101 10101 10101 11101 00111 11101 10100 101001 10111 11111 11001 11101 10111 10111 101001 100111 10101 10101 11101 111001 00111 111001 10101 001110 100101 11111 111010 11101 10001 11111 10111 11111 11101 10111 10001 10110 10111 11101 11101 11101 11101 11010 111010 101001 1001001 11111 111001 10101 11111 11111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Autumn Moonrise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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