Analysis of Gibbous Moon
gibbous moon
ashen veil
phantasm strewn
redolent pale
shamed hues
gaunt face
heedless muse
death's embrace
gibbous moon
night reviled
morning soon
newborn child
| Scheme | Abab cdcdAeae |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 101 101 1001 11 11 11 101 11 101 101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 149 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on August 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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