This is an analysis of the poem The Desire Of The Moth that begins with:

Golden-colored miller,
Leave the lamp, and fly away!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb adbbd abccX acccc aeffe agddg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1011101 01111010 11101010 10011 101010 1110101 10111111 11101011 11111 111010 1010111 10111110 01101110 11111 101010 1011111 10111010 10111110 11101 101010 10000101 11101110 10111110 111001 101110 1010111 11101010 00101010 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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