This is an analysis of the poem Medallion that begins with:

By the gate with star and moon
Worked into the peeled orange wood...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bXb XcX cdc dXd XXX efe ghfXhgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 10001101 0111001 0110111 1100101 0110110 1011010 1011111 0100101 0100011 1111001 1110111 0101111 1101010 0111001 10101010 1010010 01101001 0101101 1111111 1111101 1110011 110110 1001001 1111101 1110011 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 Medallion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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