This is an analysis of the poem When We Two Parted that begins with:
When we two parted
In silence and tears, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg hihihjhj klklhbhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 01011 11010 01010 111111 1011 1011001 1000 010010 11111 011010 01111 111110 11011 111110 11001 111011 01011 0101101 11111 111111 11111 111111 11001 01011 01011 111101 11001 01111 1010 11111 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, in are repeated.
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