This is an analysis of the poem Rondel that begins with:
Goodbye! the tears are in my eyes;
Farewell, farewell, my prettiest; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabaabbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011011 11111100 11010101 01010001 11010111 11111011 11011011 11011100 11111001 11111101 11111101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; farewell, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word farewell is repeated.
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- summary of Rondel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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