This is an analysis of the poem A Digit Of The Moon that begins with:

This book is written for Man's ultimate need,
A creed of joy sent down to the aged Earth... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadefdef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010111001 0101110011 01010010111 0101101111 11111111001 01011100010 100111010010 11010101011 0100010111 0111011111 1101110101 1011111001 1011110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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