This is an analysis of the poem I Am Leaving Alexandria that begins with:
Ah, I am leaving Alexandria
and will not see it for a long time!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaXbddbEXbXdcdddE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010100 101101011 1011010010 1011100110 1011001011 10110100 10101010 010110 10111 101101111 111101110 1011110111 101110 1100101 101101 1001101 11010101 10110101 101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; see, i, of, you, many are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of I Am Leaving Alexandria;
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