This is an analysis of The Moon In Silver Glory Shone by John Newton.
The moon in silver glory shone,
And not a cloud in sight;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fefX cgcg hihi acac fXfX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 110101 11000110 010101 11010101 110101 01010101 110101 11001001 111101 01111111 010001 11110111 110101 11011101 01100 11010101 110011 01100101 111101 11000101 0100010 11110011 110001 11010101 111101 11110111 111101 110101101 1101010 11111101 100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
how, but
