This is an analysis of the poem Farewell (1900) that begins with:
Daughter of old England!
Buckle on his sword:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc XdXdefef gegeXaeaXedbdegeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 10101 101110 11111 101010 10101 101010 10101 111010 11111 111010 11101 111010 10111 101010 10101 111011 10101 1110111 10101 101100 11101 111010 111111 101010 10001 101110 10101 101110 10101 10110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word goes is repeated.
The author used the same word tho' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Farewell (1900);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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