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

I LEAVE the world to-morrow,—
What news for Fairyland? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd cbcb aeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 111101 11001110 1111001 0111110 111101 1101010 110101 1111010 111101 1111010 110101 0101110 110001 0111010 110101 1111110 110101 1101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; there is repeated.

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

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