This is an analysis of the poem Pepper Leaves that begins with:

How can a moonless night
Offer anything to the full moon?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bXcX dced XcbX XbcX afaa Xbbe abXdXfecd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 101010011 110101010 1010 11110100010 1001 0110101 0111 110100 01010011 00010010101001 11111110 111 001010 101001 0101 111110 0101001 111101 0011111 11111 1110110111 01011 01010011 0100001 11010 1001001010 11010001001 11010011 110111 1010101 1101 111111 0011001 00101001 0100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Pepper Leaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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