This is an analysis of the poem Ave Et Vale that begins with:

FAREWELL is said! Yea, but I cannot take
All that my Greeting gave. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXca deeffX bddXXb fffggf fccccf ehhhhe iggffi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 111101 0111011101 1111011000 1001011101 0101011111 1111011111 100011 110110001 1111010101 0101010101 1101011100 1111011111 111110 0101111101 11110100100 1011110101 0011000101 1111000101 110101 1111011101 11110010111 0111010101 1100010101 1001011111 001101 1111001111 0101000101 0101000101 1101011111 1101010011 111101 01100101100 1001110011 0111010100 1001111100 1011011101 111101 1111000101 1111010101 0111111111 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; i, you, and are repeated.

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