This is an analysis of the poem The Parting that begins with:
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The chestnut steed stood by the gate... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaabbcdcdcceXeX X cfcfXeeeXf X ggbccccacahhcc X fificeceeiiXhhi XXffeeeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,10,1,14,1,15,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 01111101 01010001 01011111 11000101 01100101 01000101 01011101 011101 10110101 01111101 11010101 11110111 11010101 11100101 01111101 11111101 1 11111111 101111 01110101 010101 11100101 110101 11010110 010101 110101010 11011101 1 11011011 11010101 11010001 110101 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 011100101 111001 11110001 11000101 11010011 10010101 1 01010101 110101 1011110001 110101 110101011 110101 11110011 110101 01110111 1100101 11011101 100101 01110111 11110101 110111 1 110011101 10010101 1010110111 111100101 10011101 11010101 01011101 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Parting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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