This is an analysis of the poem Farewell Of Sirius that begins with:

O say, from what remoteness do you hail
Sirius, mighty traveller of the sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcbXddeeeefefgebhccbfXechXXge X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010111 1010100001 100100111 0101 1101 1010001 110100100 11 101001 01100101 1101 0100 01000111 110111101 111101 11101 1111 0010111 11011101 011 10101 10110101 01 1001 01011110 011111101 0101 1101 100101101 110 101001 001011001 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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