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

Blasting the malachites beneath the rudder,
The seething sea spews pearly blobs of foam....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aXcX dcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100100001010 0101110101 01110111010 01110011111 01010101110 1111110111 01110101010 0101011100 11110101110 00111010101 11011111010 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Farewell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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