This is an analysis of the poem Moonlight Reveries that begins with:

The moon from solemn azure sky
Looked down on earth below,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdc bcXcecdc cbfbcgag ffbfdccc ccdcebebXcafafbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 111101 110011101 110111 01010101 011111 11010111 110101 01010101 010111 11011101 110001 11100101 111111 100100101 110111 110100111 0101001 11010101 011101 01011111 0111010 10010111 00101010 010011101 0100101 11011101 011101 01100111 010111 01111101 1101101 11011101 110111 11111011 110111 11111101 010101 11010101 110101 110110001 110111 1011001110 0101001 01110101 010101 00010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Moonlight Reveries;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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