This is an analysis of the poem Farewell Cable Tram that begins with:

Now a sad farewell to the cable-tram,
Staunch friend of the quieter days,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdebe fcfcebXXcaXaa bbgbeeXe fhXhXdgddabaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100101 11001001 1101101001 10111101 110111101 10100111 110001100 11100101 110111 1011100 11100100101 10101011 0110111001 1100101 110110101 11111010 010011101 11001011 10100100111 011010111 0101101 1110010101 1111001 00100110101 111101 1111110101 1110101 10101101001 10100001 1110101 1010101 1011101011 1011101 11111101 0110101 110110111 1011011 110011101 1100111 11111111001 01010111 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Farewell Cable Tram;
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