This is an analysis of The Waning Moon by William Cullen Bryant.
I've watched too late; the morn is near;
One look at God's broad silent sky!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh didi dbdb gigi fdfd jdjdXgege
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 11111101 11110101 10110111 101110101 11010110 01110111 01010101 110100101 10110101 01011111 110100101 10010101 1101001001 01011111 010100101 11110101 001011101 101010101 11110011 11011101 11110101 01111111 110010101 11111101 11000101 11110101 110111001 01010111 110011111 01111101 01111101 01011101 010101101 110001001 110111001 11011101 01110111 11010111 1100111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
the, for
