This is an analysis of the poem Good-Bye that begins with:

Good-bye! -- 'tis like a churchyard bell -- good-bye!
   Poor weeping eyes! Poor head, bowed down with woe! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaA accaA XddaA aeeaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111011101 1101111101 1101110111 1111010101 1101 1111011111 1101010111 1001111101 1101000101 1101 0101011101 1101000101 1101011001 1001111011 1101 1111111101 1101110111 1101110111 1101110101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dear, your, love are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word bye at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Good-Bye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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