This is an analysis of the poem Farewell that begins with:
Farewell! Oh how hard and how sad 'tis to speak
That last word of parting—forever to break...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbcc ddeeff gghhXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111111101 11101001001 011101011101 01101101001 101001011001 011101011001 111011011111 11011111011 11101001111 101101001111 11001001011 101111011111 11101011101 101111111001 1001011111011 11111011111 111111001111 111111011001 111011011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; and, to, from, farewell, thy are repeated.
The author used the same word farewell at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase farewell connects the lines.
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