This is an analysis of the poem A Parting Song that begins with:
When will ye think of me, my friends?
When will ye think of me?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBbbccB aBddeeB aBbXddB abffeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110111 101101 1011101101 001101001001 1010010101 1011100101 1100 10110111 101101 1010011101 01001001001 111001101101 00111111111 1100 10110111 101101 1010110011 1010110100 1110100101 1110100101 1100 1111000011 110101 101101101 111100111 100100101 1001001101 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, thus, as are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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