This is an analysis of To The Moon [earlier Version] by Charles Harpur.
WITH silent step behold her steal
Over those envious clouds that hid…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcc efeXdbdbdd gbgbhbhbXi ececdcdcee gagaajajhh fcfcececdd cdcdececii bgbgcccckk gdgdfbfbgg fifidhdhbb lglghahadX
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 01010101 101100111 11011101 010110101 11111101 01110101 11111101 1101 11010101 010101010101 10111111 01111011 10110011 01111100 11011101 01011101 01011101 1111 11110111 011101110101 11011101 110100011 11110111 11110101 11001101 11110101 0101110001 0111 01011101 110111111111 11011101 01110101 11011001 110000101 10111101 01111111 11011111 1001 11011101 101111110101 110001111 01001101 110101101 11110100 01010101 01010011 01101100 0101 11110101 010101010101 110101001 110010011 01001101 01110011 011100101 011101001 11010101 1101 11101101 111111010111 11010101 11010100 11110101 01011111 111111010 011110111 101101010 11011 11000101 011101100101 11010101 11011111 10010101 11110011 11011101 11110001 00110111 1101 110110001 101101110101 100100101 11010101 11011101 10010101 110010101 0100001001 01110101 1001 10011101 1111001110111 11101101 010001101 1110101 11010101 010100011 10110111 11010101 0011 10010111 1011101110101 11111101 11110011 10110111 11111101 11110011 01010101 110101001 00101 11011110 0101111100100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 110
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, thee
Anaphora
the