This is an analysis of the poem The Arab's Farewell To His Horse that begins with:

MY beautiful! my beautiful! that standest meekly by
With thy proudly arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbb ccddaaee aaffff bb bbeeaaee gghheeXX Xdiibbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,2,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001100110101 0110111011111001 1101010101111 11111101111101 11010101110101 0101111111101 01011101110101 11110011111111 111110011100111 01011101110101 11011111111101 01011101100101 01011101110101 111010101110100 101101011100101 11010101111101 11110111010111 11010101111111 11110111110111 11011111110101 10011101111101 10011101111111 11111101011111 11110101111101 11010111110111 11111101011101 101110011010101 11011111111101 01111011110100 11111101110111 11010111110111 101111001011001 01011101111101 11110101110001 10110111110101 1111010101101 11100011010101 10111101111111 11011111111101 1111101011111111 111111010101010 11110111111111 110111001101001 11011100111111 111111011111111 11111101110111 111101111100101 01110111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • 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; my, and, must, thy, i, yet, thee, so, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, thy, only, when, they are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase return connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Arab's Farewell To His Horse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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