This is an analysis of the poem At Parting Ii that begins with:

AND you could leave me now--
After the first remembered whispered vow... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd eedeeeff gghhbbii abbhhjjeeffggaXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111111 1001010101 11110110011 0111010101 100110 0111 111111 01110010111 111101 0011011111 111101 1101011101 010010100111 1100010101 1101111101 1101011101 1101110100 010010110101 1011001101 1011010101 111101 010111 1101010101 111101 0111011111 0101010101 101111 1011010111 110101 11111100101 111100 0111011111 111011 1111011111 1111011001 1111011111 1111111101 0101110011 0101010101 1111101101 0100011111 1101011111 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, be, and, you, when, with are repeated.

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

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