This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell (1904) that begins with:

The frost is on the pane and the rime's on the ground
And pitch-dark the morn,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbcbb dedeccaff aaaaeeXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011010101 11101 10101110010101 101101 1111011111 1101111111 101000110111010 111101 0101 1101111110111 1010111 1110101011001 1100111 11111101010 11111101110 00110110011000 1110111 1111 1111011110101 1011101 11101011011111 1011001 1101011101 011011110101 11111110111001 110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of A Farewell (1904);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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