This is an analysis of the poem Farewell that begins with:
Farewell to the bushy clump close to the river
And the flags where the butter-bump hides in forever;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbbb XXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110010110010 1011010110010 110010110110 11001011011010 11001101011 00100111101 111011110010 0010110110110 11001111010 001011010011010 00101010110111 00110111010010 0011110011110 0010101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, farewell, in, prison are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words farewell, in, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word daughters at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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