This is an analysis of the poem Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer that begins with:
Farewell! if ever fondest prayer
For other's weal avail'd on high,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc bdbddcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11010111 10110101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11010101 10111111 11111111 10111011 01011111 01111101 11111101 11110110 11011101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word farewell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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