This is an analysis of the poem On Station Farewells that begins with:
IN parting from a dear old friend for months, perhaps, or years,
There's bound to be some bitter sobs, an' generally tears,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffbbbb aabbggbb ffbbgghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01000111110110 11001101110001 11010101010101 01010111010101 10110101111101 110101001111101 01011101011111 11110101111101 11011101010101 11110101011111 111101011111001 11110101010111 01110101111101 01010101110101 11110101110111 111101010100101 11010111010011 11110101010101 11011101010101 10101111010001 110101111010111 111010001110101 11110101110101 11110101110011 1101111110111 000101011110101 01010111111111 01010101011001 01110110011101 101111100111111 1110001011001101 11010100111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, an', it, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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