This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To Malta that begins with:
Adieu, ye joys of La Valette!
Adieu, sirocco, sun, and sweat!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbccddcceeXcedccfXgggg hhffcccX iijjiieeaadd kkllXajjllii X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,8,12,12,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110110 01100111 011101010 011101110 0111101 11011111 011101010 011111010 011100110 011111110 01110101 11110101 011111111 010100010 010101110 111101010 011111010 011111010 010101001 011111000 11111111 01011101 01010101 111001001 11011101 01010101 11010101 11011111 110111010 011111010 101111010 111101110 111101010 011111010 10110101 11110101 011101110 110111110 11101001 01010101 01011101 11010101 010110101 11010101 111101111 110101011 110101010 111101010 1101011100 111101011 10110101 010100101 111101010 111101010 011100110 110111010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 397
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; adieu, to, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words adieu, to, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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