This is an analysis of the poem A Parting Health that begins with:
TO J. L. MOTLEY
YES, we knew we must lose him,--though friendship may claim... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd aaee fadd gfaa hhbb ggii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01110 111111111011 01011001001 11011011111 1001001101011 101011001101 1011110010001 101011001101 11001001011 11011011001 1110011111011 101001001101 11011101011 0011010010010 11011001011 111001111001 111011001001 111011011101 01111001011 111001011111 111011111001 01101101101 110110101011 01011101101 00111001101 11011001111 101101001011 01101001111 11111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, as, that, his, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, there are repeated.
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