This is an analysis of the poem Farewell that begins with:
Not soon shall I forget--a sheet
Of golden water, cold and sweet,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccdd aaee ffbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 01010111 01100101 010101000 01011101 11111101 11111111 01010101 11110111 11111100 11010011 10110101 01010111 01010101 01010111 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Farewell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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