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

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10100101 10100101 01111111 10101101 11101001 010101001 10010101 01010101 0110010111 01010101 010111001 01011101 1100100101 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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