This is an analysis of the poem Rise, O Moon, And Spread Your Light Across The Heavens that begins with:

Rise, O moon, And spread your light across the heavens;
The stars remember you in silent prayers, Their hearts glimmering with hope....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX Xa bcXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101010 01010101011110001 11101101010101 11011111010010 111110101011 110110101001001 11111101011001 110110100101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Rise, O Moon, And Spread Your Light Across The Heavens;
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