This is an analysis of the poem The Parting Day that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baca XXdb bdad cefX X aeae bfbf gggg Xdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11011101 110111 01111101 110101 01011101 1101000 01010001 110111 110011101 010101 010001101 110001 01011111 100111 01010101 111000 1 11110101 01010101 11111111 10111111 11111111 11011111 11010111 11010101 11111111 01010011 01101101 11011111 11110111 11110111 01011010 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Parting Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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