This is an analysis of the poem Song.—thou Art Gone that begins with:
Thou art gone, and the brilliant light that shone
In the track of thy way is fled;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010111 00101101 1110111101 101111 1110110101 1011011 11110101001 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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