This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell To Abbotsford that begins with:
HOME of the gifted! fare thee well,
And a blessing on thee rest; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcB dedeebeB fgfgabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 1010111 101010101 1011101 11010111 110111 10010011 010111 10110111 111101 100010001 10101001 10110111 101101001 10010101 010111 101111110 110011 110111010 111101 101010111 111101 111100111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word rest at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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