This is an analysis of the poem Farewell, My Loved One! that begins with:

Round me now, beneath the weeping willow,
Night's refreshing breezes blow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdad edfgf hbhbijij ekekilil jgjgmnmn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101011 1010101 1011001010 1011001 1110111110 1110101 1111111011 10101 11111 111 1111011 11101010 11101 1110101010 1110101 1111011010 01001 1010101110 1111101 1011100110 10111 1010101010 1111101 1110111010 10001 1110101010 1110111 1110101010 11101 1110101011 1111101 1011111011 10101 1110101110 1011101 1110101110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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