This is an analysis of the poem The Farewell To Clarimonde that begins with:

Adieu, Romauld! But thou canst not forget me.
Although no more I haunt thy dreams at night,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXeeeeadadfdfXafafababgdgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101111011 1111111111 110010101011 1111110001 11011101110 11011101001 01011111110 0101010100 11011001010 1101111111 11110101110 1111010101 11111111011 01011111101 11111101011 0111011101 11010100010 1110111111 11111111110 1111010100 11110111011 01110111010 01111111011 1000111110 01001111011 11111110111 110100101011 1101101111 11010111110 1101110111 10110101010 11011100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 277
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thee are repeated.

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