This is an analysis of the poem Adieu that begins with:
WAVING whispering trees,
What do you say to the breeze ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaabaacaacaabaabdddddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001 1111001 1110101 1101111 101001 11101101 101001 111001 101001 1101111 101001 1010111 101001 1100101 101001 0100111 1001001 1011101 101001 1111011 111101 1111001 1111001 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 694
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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