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

Farewell! we must part; we have turned from the land
Of our cold-hearted brother, with tyrannous hand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc dddd XXbb ddee ffXg hhii ddii ddee jjii ddbbXggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11111111001 011101001001 101111101001 111101001001 11101111001 10101101001 101111011101 111001111011 11001001011 101001101000 01011101011 111001101001 11001001001 1101100110011 11001011011 111101001011 01011001011 11001011011 11101011001 101101001101 111001111011 101001001001 1110010110110 1011111110001 101110010011 111011001011 111011001011 101011011001 111001011011 111001111001 111111101011 11001101001 11001001001 011001101011 11001011101 110100011011 11001001011 11011001011 01011101011 111101001011 11001111101 111111001001 11111111011 111111011001 01111001001 101001111011 01001001001 001101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, self, and, your, you, of, our, to are repeated.

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

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