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

O France, although you sleep
We call you, we the forbidden!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb cdeX cbfb aebg gbbe ahXh deXh ebXa gXdf XXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11110100 01111 10111 101011010 10001010 100111 0101100 0110101 0110010 10010001001 010101 110101 001101 110010101 010111 101001 10010010111 0011001 011001 000101010 010101 0001001 11011101 0101001 1110101 010101 010101 0100011 00101011 110111 100100010 01010110 101110 10111 10101010 110010010 10010101 101001101 101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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