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

BENT o'er his sabre, torrents starting
From his dim eyes, the bold hussar ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX Bcbc dede Bfbf bbbb gXgX dede efXf hfhf dXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101010 00110110 110101110 110101 111111101 11011101 111111111 111111 111101010 11010101 111100110 111101 111111101 11111101 101101111 101111 110111011 11000101 01010011011 110111 111101010 11110111 111111010 1100111 1011001011 10110101 110101011 111111 010101110 01010101 0111011000 111101 110101110 11100101 110101110 110101 110111110 01111100 110101010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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