This is an analysis of the poem A Parting that begins with:
It was no passing encounter on the street,
dear friend....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcDeeXaXbcfcgfXfXafcfXXcBgD X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110010101 11 01110101010 1011 01110011 10101001 111011 0101010110 11110100 11011 01111 11 10110101 10101 10110011 1010101 11110111 1011 0111101 110010 11011011 10110101 10010110 101 1111101 11 11110010 1011 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 463
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Parting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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