This is an analysis of the poem The Adieu that begins with:

Written Under The Impression That The Author Would Soon Die.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a ababccadda XdcdeefggX Xchciihjjh dbdbddfccf fkfkllmkkm gfgfhhnaan jcjckkhffh bfbfhhnmmn fcfciihnnhnananngoogfgfgggkffkXdgdgkkajja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,41,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000101010111 01111101 1101011 110111001 010001 01110111 10010111 11110111 11110101 110000111 110001 011101010 110101 11010101 110101 1110010010 110001010 11010101 011100101 110011001 1110100 01110001 111100 11110101 010101 10111101 01110001 010101 10111101 11011111 0101001 10110111 110101 11010111 1101101 010011111 11010011 01010101 11010101 1011101 010111 11011101 111101 01111101 010001 100111001 11010101 11011101 10010001 101011111 010101 11110101 110011 11110101 011101 11011101 11011001 010101 11010101 01010001 110101 11111101 111101 11110101 1001001 11111111 11010101 01010101 11010111 01110101 110101 11011101 110101 11110101 111101 110010101 11110101 11010111 100101001 01000111 110001 11110011 111111 10110101 010101 11110001 11010111 11011101 10010101 11010101 110101 11010101 010001 11110111 111111 01010001 011101101 11011101 11010101 01011001 110101 01011101 1111010 11110111 0101010 01010101 110101001 011111001 11010011 01010101 110101 10010111 110101 11110101 010101 111101001 11010101 11001101 11111101 11111101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 122
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ye, where, thy, can, my are repeated.

    The author used the same words adieu, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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