This is an analysis of The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;
She shines on thieves on the garden wall,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccdd eebb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01101101001 111110101 11111101 11001001001 010110101 0101101001 01110111 11001101001 11001101001 1001001001 110110111 11001001101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the