Analysis of The Moon
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.
The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,
The howling dog by the door of the house,
The bat that lies in bed at noon,
All love to be out by the light of the moon.
But all of the things that belong to the day
Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;
And flowers and children close their eyes
Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
Scheme | AABB BBCC DDBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01101101001 111110101 11010101 01001001101 01100101 0101101101 01110111 11111101101 11101101101 1011111101 010010111 11001001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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