This is an analysis of the poem The Parting that begins with:

One summer's morning I heard a lark
Singing to heaven, a sweet-throated bird;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef dgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101101 1001001101 1101111001 0100101111 010111111 0111101111 111110111 111011100 100111011 1101001110 011110111 1110111110 111100110 110000101 10100111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Parting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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