This is an analysis of the poem A Poplar And The Moon that begins with:

There stood a Poplar, tall and straight;
The fair, round Moon, uprisen late, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcbXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01111001 10111101 010111011 11010111 110010101 11110001 010011000 10111101 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Poplar And The Moon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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