This is an analysis of the poem The Parting that begins with:

She passed the thorn-trees, whose gaunt branches tossed
Their spider-shadows round her; and the breeze,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd efefX eabaa Xbbgeg hhcfcf bbifif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1101110101 0101011101 1111000101 1111110101 1111010101 1111010001 1101011101 1101010111 1111011101 1101110101 1011000111 1111110111 1101010101 10110101000 1111110101 1001101101 0100010100 1111000111 0101011101 11010110101 1101000110 1110001101 1101100111 0101000101 111101 01110010111 01011011111 1101011111 11001110101 0111001101 111101 0101000111 1101010001 1101010101 0101111101 0101101101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, her, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Parting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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