This is an analysis of the poem Farewell that begins with:

Leave me, my love, it's time to part
this paradise is not my portion....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbeaXdaXfdXceXXfffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010101110 11010101010 11000101 110111010 1100111100 111110101 1101101010 1100100111 1111110 1101010111 101010111 11111011 111011111010 1111110010 11101111 1001010101 111011001 1111001110 01110011 010101110010 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 869
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Farewell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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