This is an analysis of the poem Moon-Lover that begins with:
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The Moon is like a ping-pong ball;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcc ddee ffgg hhii aadd X gghh ddgg Xaii aagg iigg X aacc eeef gXjj aXff gggg hhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 01010111 11010101 11010001 01010101 110101000 11001101 01010101 11010101 11111101 00010100 11010101 01110101 10010101 11010101 100101001 11010101 100100101 01010011 01000101 01010001 1 11010010 01011001 00011111 11110101 11010111 11110100 01000111 01010111 101101000 11010101 01111111 01010111 01010111 01110001 01010101 01011111 11010111 10110101 11110101 01011101 1 01011111 11010101 11110101 11110101 11010111 01010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010101 10011101 11110101 11111111 11110100 01010001 01010101 01110101 01010101 11000111 01011101 10110101 11010111 11010101 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
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