This is an analysis of the poem Farewell To J. R. Lowell that begins with:
FAREWELL, for the bark has her breast to the tide,
And the rough arms of Ocean are stretched for his bride;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee ffgg hhccXhhaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101101001 101101011101 01001011001 11001101101 11011101101 01001011011 01101001101 01001101001 01101101001 001111011011 11101101001 11001001001 1111110110101 1010110101011 111101001101 11011001001 11111011101 01011111001 101001011011 101011011001 11111001001 01001011001 11111011101 111011001011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, that, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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