This is an analysis of the poem Old Couple's Departure that begins with:

The four outskirts are not yet safe and quiet,
I am old, but have no peace....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdXeffghbdXXgaXdhieeeaXiicaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111111110 1111111 1111111010 0110111001011 1001110111101 010101101001 010011111 110101011011 1001010110 101110001010 11101000110 01011011 11111001111 010001111 11101011 110111110100 010101110101 101010011010001 10101001000010110 1101110111 01111101 1111111 10111111 1101011 111111010 1101010101 110101111111 10111101 1100101 111101 1010111 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 254
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; my, i, we, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Old Couple's Departure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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