This is an analysis of the poem Blood And The Moon that begins with:

BLESSED be this place,
More blessed still this tower;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceffeXgddahihXhjjjdjgiXkkgfafafbkbXbXlhhljbhjlhhl Xmddmbjjbjllj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 111010 01010010 11001 1001000 111101 110100 0100111 0100101 1101011 0100001 11101 10001010101100 11000101001100 110101 11010101110 1101 1010100110101 01010101100101 0101 1111011011 1101 1101010100101 01010011011 1110011 1101000101010100 1 11010111010 1 1010001010011 1010100 11110101000100 110101011110 1 101000010010010 1111101 1101010001110 1 10010001010010 01111111010 10001010 101101101010100 10 1 0100001001 11010010101 10100111001 0101001111 1111010111 1001010100 10110101011 1100110111 1111010101 1001100101 1111111101 11001010101 1 01010100101 1101010111 100010111101 0100111101 010010101010 11101110111 11000100001 0100010001110 1101110101 01000010111 1101010001 1011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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