This is an analysis of the poem Good-Bye that begins with:

Sounds of the seas grow fainter,
Sounds of the sands have sped; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb adccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 100111 0101 0111 110111 1001010 101101 1101 0111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Good-Bye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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