This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell To The World that begins with:

FALSE world, good night! since thou hast brought
That hour upon my morn of age; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded dede ffff cXcX gaga hihi cjcj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 110011101 11111011 11010111 11010111 11011101 11111111 11011101 11011100 11011101 11110011 11010001 10011101 11010011 11001010 11110001 11000101 111100101 110010001 110010111 11111111 11010001 11011101 011011111 11111101 01000101 01111111 11010001 11111111 01010101 11011011 11111101 11110111 110011111 11111111 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.

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