This is an analysis of the poem On Parting that begins with:
1868
Don't cry, mother, don't grieve...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabcdcefgghijXkhbfelfmgmhgnhlaaakgngflodhpchjqnhXagfllcojolhXnilafkgnkaljgncnhccfljgflhnaehqlfldfngfnnlfnnXnXlhffiflbjejafXiefhjp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 131,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111011 11111111 11110010 101010110 101111 111011 10110010 11110111 00111001 0101001 01011001 1110111 10111011 101111101 010011010 1111111 11101101 0101110 1111011 0101100 10010110 011111 1111111 101001011 1100111 1110011 101010011 01110110 1011011 11010010 01110111 11110010 1101001 0101011 11111110 11110110 01110010 1111101 10110110 1111011 10110010 10111001 1110110 1101011 1011111 11010010 11011 1101001 1101011 11100110 1111011 11101001 01010110 11011010 1111010 0101011 0101101 0101001 01101001 1010010 0101111 1111101 111010010 1111101 10101110 111010110 11011011 101011001 111010010 1101010 11000011 010011110 111011010 0101011 11111001 11101011 01110110 01011010 000101011 1111110 110011110 00100111 1101110 0101001 1111001 01011010 111010 011111 011011 111111 1111101 011001 1101111 1001110 1011010 10101110 1110010 1110010 101011010 1011001 010101110 010011110 1111111 11101010 1111010 10100010 11010100 10010110 0111111 1010110 101110 1011011 11110110 11101110 1011001 111011010 11111010 111010010 1101011 010110010 11101011 111011 11011010 11001010 101001001 0111101 11111001 0111011 01110110 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4100
- Average number of words per stanza: 762
- Amount of lines: 131
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; to, my, and, i, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, where, and, safe, with, o are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines splendid is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases remember, mother connect the lines.
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