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

Farewell! There can be no other way.
Let your fluttering sails be hoist....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX bcbc dcdc ebeb bfbf ghghXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101101 11100101 101110111 00100101 11110111 1110101 10011101 11111001 1101111 1000111 10101101 0111011101 0101110 10111 11101110 11010101 111111111 11011111 0100111001 010010111 11111111 010001001 1100100101 100010111 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; with, in are repeated.

    The author used the same words farewell, so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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