This is an analysis of the poem A Good-By that begins with:

Good-By!
Under whatever sky... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaabbcaA AaddccaaAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 101101 1110 1101 1001010101 110100 1101 01 01 111101 0101001111 111011 1111110 11101110 110110 1011111101 01 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words good, new are repeated.

    The author used the same word good at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines by is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word by at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Good-By;
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  • history of its creation;
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