This is an analysis of the poem If We Must Part that begins with:
If we must part,
Then let it be like this.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccX dedeffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0111 110010 1111 1001010001 111111 10001011101 01110 1111 111011 1101 10001011101 010111 1101001101 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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